Yoshiyuki Miyake

Yoshiyuki Miyake

Personal information
Born	September 30, 1945
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Japan 1968 Mexico City 60kg World Championships 1965 Tehran -56 kg 1966 East Berlin -60 kg 1968 Mexico City -60 kg 1969 Warsaw -60 kg 1971 Lima -60 kg Asian Games 1970 Bangkok -60 kg

Yoshiyuki Miyake (三宅義行 Miyake Yoshiyuki, born 30 September 1945) is a Japanese former weightlifter who won a bronze medal in 1968 Summer Olympics, bronze medals in the 1965, 1966, and 1968 World Championships, gold medals in the 1969 and 1971 World Championships, and a gold medal in the 1970 Asian Games.^[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics his daughter Hiromi Miyake won a silver medal in Weightlifting in the 48kg category.

He a retired Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Colonel.

Yoshinobu Miyake is his Brother.

References

1. "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 June 2012.