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Masaru Furukawa

1936 - 1993

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Masaru Furukawa (古川 勝, Furukawa Masaru; January 6, 1936 – November 21, 1993) was a Japanese swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where he received a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masaru Furukawa is the 1,024th most popular athlete (up from 1,052nd in 2019), the 1,394th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,406th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Masaru Furukawa ranks 1,024 out of 6,025. Before him are Yordanka Donkova, Yelena Gorchakova, Lily Carlstedt, Richard Murphy, Akilles Järvinen, and Charles Marion. After him are Yurik Vardanyan, William Varley, Hanns Braun, Nils Skoglund, Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Judo, and Burton Jastram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Masaru Furukawa ranks 405. Before him are Jan Sokol, Zdeněk Mácal, Ronnie Bucknum, Edmond Keosayan, Mike Spence, and Eduard Gufeld. After him are Federico Sacchi, Iya Savvina, Larry McMurtry, Tony Dallara, Norberto Menéndez, and Akio Kaminaga. Among people deceased in 1993, Masaru Furukawa ranks 206. Before him are Hans Werner Richter, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, Ian Stuart Donaldson, Štefan Uher, Ranasinghe Premadasa, and James Donald. After him are Mario Cecchi Gori, Akio Kaminaga, Viola Myers, Edwin Vásquez, Ivan Kozlovsky, and Jean Cau.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaru Furukawa ranks 1,394 out of 6,245. Before him are Hirohide Adachi (1999), Mamoru Mohri (1948), Eiji Hanayama (1977), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Yoshinobu Akao (1975), and Toru Sano (1963). After him are Tokiharu Abe (1911), Kaoru Nagadome (1973), Kaori Momoi (1951), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Masakazu Katsura (1962), and Yoshihide Nishikawa (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Masaru Furukawa ranks 12. Before him are Noboru Terada (1917), Isao Okano (1944), Shuhei Nishida (1910), Kinue Hitomi (1907), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), and Masanori Yusa (1915). After him are Akio Kaminaga (1936), Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), Shunpei Uto (1918), Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940), Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936), and Hisakichi Toyoda (1912).

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