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Hideko Maehata

1914 - 1995

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Hideko Maehata (前畑 秀子, Maehata Hideko; May 20, 1914 – February 24, 1995) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer and the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Olympics. Maehata was born in Hashimoto, Wakayama, as the daughter of a tofu producer and as a child learned to swim in the Kinokawa River. In the fifth grade of elementary school, she set an unofficial youth record for the 50-meter breaststroke. She went on to win numerous competitions, and was sponsored to attend a women’s boarding school in Nagoya which specialized in swimming, but the sudden death of her parents in 1931 forced her to return home. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hideko Maehata is the 136th most popular swimmer (down from 124th in 2019), the 1,610th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,575th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Hideko Maehata ranks 136 out of 709. Before her are Vladimir Salnikov, Jean Taris, Belle Moore, Maria Vierdag, Max Schöne, and Pua Kealoha. After her are Harry Hebner, György Mitró, Cecil Healy, Warren Kealoha, Clare Dennis, and Carl Robie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Hideko Maehata ranks 359. Before her are Geoffrey Unsworth, Élie Bayol, Mauk Weber, Hans Theilig, Franz Bistricky, and Mary Carlisle. After her are Forrest Towns, Josef Peters, R. A. Lafferty, John Berryman, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, and Franz von Werra. Among people deceased in 1995, Hideko Maehata ranks 282. Before her are Don Patinkin, Élie Bayol, Paul A. Rothchild, George Abbott, Iosif Kheifits, and Róbert Antal. After her are Gottfried Haberler, Grahame Clark, Fischer Black, Les Aspin, Víctor Peralta, and Salil Chowdhury.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hideko Maehata ranks 1,610 out of 6,245. Before her are Atsushi Natori (1961), Takefusa Kubo (2001), Junko Takeuchi (1972), Hayato Murotsu (2000), Hiromi Tsuru (1960), and Romi Park (1972). After her are Kazumi Kishi (1975), Shinichi Mochizuki (1969), Motoki Imagawa (1980), Takashi Yokoyama (1913), Kazuaki Nagasawa (1958), and Yoko Shimomura (1967).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Hideko Maehata ranks 5. Before her are Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Shigeo Arai (1916), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), and Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903). After her are Katsuo Takaishi (1906), Shiro Hashizume (1928), Daichi Suzuki (1967), Kosuke Kitajima (1982), Ai Shibata (1982), Kosuke Hagino (1994), and Daiya Seto (1994).

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