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Mikio Oda

1905 - 1998

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Mikio Oda (織田 幹雄, Oda Mikio; 30 March 1905 – 2 December 1998) was a Japanese athlete and the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist. He was the first Asian Olympic champion in an individual event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikio Oda is the 604th most popular athlete (down from 495th in 2019), the 1,187th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,194th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mikio Oda ranks 604 out of 6,025. Before him are Vasily Rudenkov, Giorgio Chiavacci, Caroline Smith, Albert Hill, Heikki Liimatainen, and Ottavio Missoni. After him are David Curtiss Munson, Michel Jazy, Francisco Villota, Veli Lehtelä, Alice Coachman, and Henri Chammartin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Mikio Oda ranks 242. Before him are Lev Atamanov, Floyd Gottfredson, Juan O'Gorman, Vicente Trueba, José Tapia, and Hadiya Davletshina. After him are Kunio Maekawa, Antonio Berni, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Johannes Käbin, Walther Müller, and Erskine Hamilton Childers. Among people deceased in 1998, Mikio Oda ranks 192. Before him are Odette Bancilhon, André Bonin, Christiane Rochefort, Gene Autry, Louis Hostin, and William Gaddis. After him are Marion Donovan, Manuel Álvarez, Maurice Schumann, Johannes Kotkas, Wanda Jakubowska, and Théodore Sindikubwabo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mikio Oda ranks 1,187 out of 6,245. Before him are Makino Nobuaki (1861), Masuyo Shiraishi (1963), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Yuki Kajiura (1965), and Isuzu Yamada (1917). After him are Kenji Miyamoto (1908), Tomoko Ohara (1957), Tomoyasu Asaoka (1962), Iccho Itoh (1945), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), and Kunio Maekawa (1905).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Mikio Oda ranks 3. Before him are Shizo Kanakuri (1891), and Naoto Tajima (1912). After him are Sueo Ōe (1914), Chūhei Nambu (1904), Noboru Terada (1917), Isao Okano (1944), Shuhei Nishida (1910), Kinue Hitomi (1907), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), Masanori Yusa (1915), and Masaru Furukawa (1936).

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