Shunpei Uto
 Jack Medica, Noboru Terada and Shunpei Uto (right) at the 1936 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 December 1918 Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Education | Rikkyo University |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Medal record | |
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Shunpei Uto (鵜藤 俊平, Utō Shunpei; born 1 December 1918, date of death unknown) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who won two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Uto endured much hardship after World War II and deposited both his medals to a pawnshop to get some money for living. He later found a job in general affairs at the Niigata Nippo company.
After retiring he moved to Chiba Prefecture to do agriculture.[2] Uto is deceased.[3]
References
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- ↑ Shunpei Uto. Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ 36年ベルリン 競泳男子400Ｍ自由形銀 鵜藤俊平さん. nikkansports.com. March 21, 2000
- ↑ Tchir, Paul (4 March 2025). "Yvonne Chabot-Curtet". OlympStats. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
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- 1918 births
- Japanese male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic swimmers for Japan
- Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers from Shizuoka Prefecture
- People from Kakegawa, Shizuoka
- Rikkyo University alumni
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese swimming Olympic medalist stubs