Full name Yoshi Oyakawa Height 1.70 m Nickname(s) "Yoshi" Club Hawaii Swim Club Weight 70 kg | National team United States Name Yoshi Oyakawa Role Swimmer | |
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Born August 9, 1933 ( 1933-08-09 ) Kona, Hawaii Olympic medals Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke | ||
Swimming 1952 Olympic Highlights
Yoshinobu Oyakawa (born August 9, 1933) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke event. Oyakawa is considered to be the last of the great "straight-arm-pull" backstrokers.
He was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1973.
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