Sport Swimming Name Masanori Yusa | Role Freestyle swimmer Alma mater Nihon University | |
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Born January 20, 1915 Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan Died March 8, 1975, Tokyo, Japan Olympic medals Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle | ||
Masanori Yusa (遊佐 正憲, Yusa Masanori, January 20, 1915 – March 8, 1975) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medals in the 4 × 200 m relay in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, setting world records on both occasions. In 1936 he finished almost simultaneously with Shigeo Arai and Masaharu Taguchi in the 100 m race and was awarded a silver medal.
Yusa graduated from Nihon University and later worked for the Yokohama Rubber company. In 1942, he married Yumeko Aizome, a famous actress in Japan.
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