Kazushito Manabe

Kazushito Manabe
Personal information
Born (1958-10-12) October 12, 1958
Niihama, Ehime, Japan
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Flyweight;
102.5+130 kg
World Championships
1981 Lille Flyweight;
107.5+132.5 kg
1984 Los Angeles Flyweight;
102.5+130 kg
Asian Games
1982 New Delhi Flyweight
1986 Seoul Flyweight

Kazushito Manabe (真鍋和人, Manabe Kazushito; born October 12, 1958) is a retired Japanese weightlifter. He won a bronze medal in the flyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics, as well as two bronze medals at world championships in 1981 and 1984; weightlifting at the latter championships was combined with the 1984 Olympics. He finished eighth at the 1988 Games.[1][2]

He graduated from the Niihama Technical High School and later worked at the Izumi Chemical company.[3]

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