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Naoto Tajima

1912 - 1990

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Naoto Tajima (田島 直人, Tajima Naoto; August 15, 1912 – December 4, 1990) was a Japanese athlete who competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics. In 1932 he finished sixth in the long jump, while in 1936 he finished third in the long jump, behind Jesse Owens and Luz Long, and won the triple jump event, setting a world record at 16.00 m. This record stood until 1951, when Adhemar da Silva improved it by one centimeter. Raised in Iwakuni, Tajima graduated in economics from Kyoto Imperial University just prior to competing in the Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naoto Tajima is the 177th most popular athlete (down from 158th in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from Japan (down from 831st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Naoto Tajima ranks 177 out of 6,025. Before him are Lia Manoliu, Johan Grøttumsbråten, Giuseppe Moioli, Saïd Aouita, Ecaterina Oancia, and Gaston Reiff. After him are Irving Baxter, Carlo Airoldi, Karin Balzer, Duje Bonačić, Annelie Ehrhardt, and Dorando Pietri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Naoto Tajima ranks 144. Before him are Frank Oppenheimer, Kristina Söderbaum, Maria Montez, Boris Kidrič, Jacques Bergier, and Domingos da Guia. After him are Pierre Grimal, Günther Lützow, Laurean Rugambwa, Richard Carlson, Ichiji Otani, and Feroze Gandhi. Among people deceased in 1990, Naoto Tajima ranks 113. Before him are Tom Fogerty, Hayedeh, Xavier Cugat, Berta Karlik, Andrei Kirilenko, and Paul Tortelier. After him are Shigeo Shingo, J. C. R. Licklider, José Napoleón Duarte, David Stirling, Luigi Beccali, and Otto Ambros.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoto Tajima ranks 838 out of 6,245. Before him are Gotō Shinpei (1857), Yutaka Taniyama (1927), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Keisai Eisen (1790), Ryoji Yamanaka (1983), and Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933). After him are Shigeo Shingo (1909), Mariya Takeuchi (1955), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Katsuyoshi Kuwahara (1944), Ennin (793), and Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Naoto Tajima ranks 2. Before him are Shizo Kanakuri (1891). After him are Mikio Oda (1905), 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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