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Takehide Nakatani (中谷 雄英, Nakatani Takehide; born 9 July 1941) is a retired judoka who won the first gold medal ever awarded in judo at the Summer Olympics as the Japanese competitor in the lightweight division (‍–‍68 kg).

Source: “Takehide Nakatani”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt