Name Yoshihiro Hamaguchi | Role Freestyle swimmer | |
Born June 23, 1926 Kagawa, Japan Died August 9, 2011, Tokyo, Japan Olympic medals Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Similar People Hiroshi Suzuki, Alexandre Jany, Ford Hiroshi Konno, Jean Boiteux, Aldo Eminente | ||
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (浜口 喜博, Hamaguchi Yoshihiro, June 23, 1926 – August 9, 2011) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer.
He represented Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There, he won a silver medal as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, alongside Toru Goto, Hiroshi Suzuki and Teijiro Tanikawa. Also competed in the 100m freestyle advancing to the semifinals, missing the finals by a narrow margin.
After retiring he debuted as an actor in the 1955 film Buruuba as a Japanese version of Tarzan. He also appeared in the TV Show Shōnen Jet, a detective adventure show made by Kadokawa Pictures.
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