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Masanori Yusa

1915 - 1975

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Masanori Yusa (遊佐 正憲, Yusa Masanori; January 8, 1915 – March 8, 1975) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medals in the 4 × 200 m relay in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, setting world records on both occasions. In 1936 he finished almost simultaneously with Shigeo Arai and Masaharu Taguchi in the 100 m race and was awarded a silver medal. Yusa graduated from Nihon University and later worked for the Yokohama Rubber Company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masanori Yusa is the 1,006th most popular athlete (up from 1,637th in 2019), the 1,376th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,580th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Masanori Yusa ranks 1,006 out of 6,025. Before him are Zvonimir Vujin, Gjermund Eggen, Ingemar Johansson, Karel Lismont, Mirja Hietamies, and Gladys Davis. After him are Honus Wagner, Tommaso Costantino, Charles Asati, Marvin Stalder, Émile Albrecht, and Karl Warner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Masanori Yusa ranks 210. Before him are Carla Marangoni, Carmen Herrera, Harriet Bland, Eugène Martin, Alvin M. Weinberg, and Bruno Boni. After him are Danuta Szaflarska, Srđan Mrkušić, O. W. Fischer, Alice Faye, David Diamond, and Heinz Körvers. Among people deceased in 1975, Masanori Yusa ranks 199. Before him are Paul Montel, Valeri Popenchenko, Carl O. Sauer, Boris Babochkin, Rod Serling, and Roberto Cortés. After him are Antonio Vojak, Tinoco, Ali Sastroamidjojo, Nicolas Rossolimo, Carlos Raúl Villanueva, and Thomas Hart Benton.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masanori Yusa ranks 1,376 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenkichi Iwasawa (1917), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), Masahiro Hasemi (1945), Kei Kumai (1930), Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), and Kei Nishikori (1989). After him are Maho Shimizu (1960), Ukyo Katayama (1963), Katsuyoshi Shinto (1960), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Tomoji Abe (1903), and Masi Oka (1974).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Masanori Yusa ranks 11. Before him are Chūhei Nambu (1904), Noboru Terada (1917), Isao Okano (1944), Shuhei Nishida (1910), Kinue Hitomi (1907), and Hiroshi Suzuki (1933). After him are Masaru Furukawa (1936), Akio Kaminaga (1936), Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), Shunpei Uto (1918), Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940), and Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936).

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