Tsutomu Ōyokota
 Oyokota in 1932 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | 大横田 勉 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||
| Born | April 20, 1913 | |||||||||||
| Died | 1970 (aged 56–57) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Tsutomu Ōyokota (大横田 勉, Ōyokota Tsutomu; April 20, 1913 – 1970)[1] was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. While a student at Meiji University, he set national records over 200 m (2:14.6) and 400 m (4:50.4). He was selected for the 1932 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 400 m event, despite suffering a severe bout of gastroenteritis before the Games.[2]
References
- ↑ 日外アソシエーツWhoplus 「大横田 勉（オオヨコタ ツトム，水泳選手）」の項
- ↑ Tsutomu Oyokota. sports-reference.com
Further reading
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- Lohn, John. Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming. Scarecrow Press, (2010). ISBN 0810867753
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1970 deaths
- Swimmers from Hiroshima
- Meiji University alumni
- Japanese male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Japan
- Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese swimming Olympic medalist stubs