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Katsuo Takaishi

1906 - 1966

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Katsuo Takaishi (高石 勝男, Takaishi Katsuo; October 14, 1906 – April 13, 1966) was a Japanese swimmer, swimming coach and sports administrator. Takaishi was born in Osaka and graduated from Waseda University. During the 1923 Far Eastern Games held in Osaka, he won all three freestyle swimming events, which secured him a place on the Japanese Olympic team. At the 1924 Olympics, Takaishi placed fourth in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay and fifth in the 100 m freestyle and in the 1500 m freestyle event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katsuo Takaishi is the 168th most popular swimmer (up from 170th in 2019), the 1,795th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,760th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 168 out of 709. Before him are Joe Verdeur, Joyce Cooper, Ines Diers, Lucy Morton, Thelma Kalama, and Fanny Durack. After him are Debbie Meyer, Eleanor Holm, Caeleb Dressel, Shirley Stobs, Julius Frey, and Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 403. Before him are Anna Dresden-Polak, Vilmos Zombori, Edward Akufo-Addo, Ted Morgan, John Betjeman, and David Smith. After him are Petre Steinbach, Jean Delarge, Pál Teleki, Arturo Fernández Meyzán, Vincent Sherman, and Bunny Austin. Among people deceased in 1966, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 216. Before him are Robert Keith, Manuel María Ponce Brousset, Mina Loy, Frankie Genaro, Eric Fleming, and Alfred Engelsen. After him are Marguerite Higgins, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Heinrich Keimig, Bruno Ahlberg, Sophie Tucker, and Walt Hansgen.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 1,795 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenji Nagai (1957), Akihiro Yoshida (1975), Hiroshi Kamiya (1975), Masushi Ouchi (1943), Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001), and Keiko Matsui (1961). After him are Aya Hisakawa (1968), Jiro Hiratsuka (1979), Hikaru Midorikawa (1968), Takeshi Okamoto (1991), Ippei Saga (1980), and Kazuki Nakajima (1985).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 6. Before him are Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Shigeo Arai (1916), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), and Hideko Maehata (1914). After him are Shiro Hashizume (1928), Daichi Suzuki (1967), Kosuke Kitajima (1982), Ai Shibata (1982), Kosuke Hagino (1994), and Daiya Seto (1994).

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