WOMEN’S NAT’L TEAM ADDS SASAYAMA TO COACHING STAFF

TOKYO (January 22) – The women's national team committee of the Japan Wrestling Federation has added 1996 Olympian Hideo Sasayama to the women's coaching staff.

Sasayama, who wrestled at 52kg in men's freestyle at the Atlanta Games, coaches the Japan Self Defense Forces team, which include world champion Hitomi Sakamoto, and has considerable experience at the women's national team training camps.

Sasayama wrestled for Kosei Gakuin high school in Aomori then joined the SDF and its wrestling team. He won the espoir world title (18-20 years old) in 1987 and took the silver medal at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.