Masaaki Kaneko

Masaaki Kaneko
Kaneko (center) at the 1968 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1940-07-08) July 8, 1940
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games


1968 Mexico City 63 kg
Asian Games
1966 Bangkok 63 kg
World Championships
1966 Toledo 63 kg
1967 New Delhi 63 kg

Masaaki Kaneko (金子正明, Kaneko Masaaki; born July 8, 1940) is a retired Japanese featherweight freestyle wrestler. Between 1966 and 1968 he won all major titles, including gold medals at two world championships, and at the 1966 Asian and 1968 Olympic Games. He was inducted in the Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2007.