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Norikatsu Saikawa

*anese Greco-Roman wrestler

Norikatsu Saikawa (斎川 哲克, Saikawa Norikatsu, born March 11, 1986 in Sano, Tochigi) is an amateur *anese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He won a silver medal for the 84:kg division at the 2010 Asian Wrestling Championships in Delhi, India, losing out to South Korea's Lee Se-Yeol. Saikawa is also a member of Ryomo Yakult Wrestling Club, and is coached and trained by former Asian Games light heavyweight champion and two-time Olympian Shingo Matsumoto.

Saikawa represented *an at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 96 kg cl*. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Sweden's Jimmy Lidberg, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Saikawa without a single point.

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    External links

    • Profile – International Wrestling Database
    • NBC Olympics Profile