Full name 大横田 勉 Sport Swimming Role Olympic athlete | Nationality Japan Name Tsutomu Oyokota Strokes Freestyle swimming | |
Born April 20, 1913 ( 1913-04-20 ) Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Olympic medals Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men\'s 400 metre freestyle | ||
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.
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