Tsutomu Ōyokota
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| Full name | 大横田 勉 | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japan | ||||||||||||
| Born | April 20, 1913 Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||
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Tsutomu Ōyokota (大横田 勉 Ōyokota Tsutomu?, born April 20, 1913) was a Japanese Olympic medalist in swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Ōyokota was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. While a student at Meiji University, he set new Japan records for the 200 meter freestyle (2 minutes 14.6 seconds) and the 400 meter freestyle (4 minutes 50.4 seconds). Selected to be a member of the Japanese swimming team at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Ōyokota won the bronze medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle event, despite suffering from severe Gastroenteritis at the time.
References
- Lohn, John. Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming. Scarecrow Press, (2010). ISBN 0810867753
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