Ichiro Hatta was a judo specialist from Hiroshima who visited the United States in 1929, and helped popularize the sport in the US. With no judo competition in the Olympics at that time, he switched to wrestling to compete at the 1932 Olympics. He also coached the Japanese wrestling team at the 1936 Olympic Games. Hatta later received the Olympic Order from the IOC for his contributions to judo and the Olympics. He later served in the House of Councillors, the Japanese upper house of the legislature.
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