Shigeo Nakata

{{short description|Japanese freestyle wrestler}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalGold| 1968 Mexico City |52 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1967 Bucharest |52 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1966 Bangkok |52 kg}}

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{{nihongo|Shigeo Nakata|中田 茂男|Nakata Shigeo|born 16 October 1945 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/shigeo-nakata-1.html Sports Reference] is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He also won a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships and at the 1966 Asian Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=40CE418296A347BF8DE7D8B0A899B3F1|title=Nakata, Shigeo (JPN)|publisher=International Wrestling Database|accessdate=2019-11-03|archive-date=2021-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603152121/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=40CE418296A347BF8DE7D8B0A899B3F1|url-status=dead}}