Shin'ichi Yumoto

Shinichi Yumoto
Personal information
Native name湯元進一
Nationality Japan
Born (1984-12-04) 4 December 1984
Wakayama, Japan
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
SportWrestling
Weight class55 kg
EventFreestyle
ClubWrestling Club of Defense Forces;Saitama
Coached byHironichi Ito
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals (2012)
World finals8th(2011)
Regional finals (2010)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2012 London 55 kg
Asian Championships
2010 New Delhi55 kg
Golgen Grand Prix Ivan Yrygin
2011 Krasnoyarsk55 kg

Shin'ichi Yumoto (湯元進一, Yumoto Shin'ichi) (born 4 December 1984 in Wakayama) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the round of 16. He competed in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the quarterfinals. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost to Vladimer Khinchegashvili in the semi-final. In the repechage, he defeated Radoslav Velikov in his bronze medal match.

Yumoto's twin brother Kenichi is also an Olympic medal winner in wrestling.