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Shiro Hashizume

1928 - 2023

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Shiro Hashizume (橋爪四郎, Hashizume Shirō; September 20, 1928 – March 9, 2023) was a Japanese Olympic freestyle swimmer. He won the silver medal in the men's 1500m freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He broke the world record in the same event on August 16, 1949, clocking 18:35.7. That time was bettered the same day, however, by compatriot Hironoshin Furuhashi at the American Swimming Championships in Los Angeles, California. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shiro Hashizume is the 191st most popular swimmer (down from 146th in 2019), the 1,923rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,686th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Shiro Hashizume ranks 191 out of 709. Before him are Inge de Bruijn, Bill Smith, Annie Speirs, Rica Reinisch, Mina Wylie, and Helen Wainwright. After him are Susan Pedersen, Missy Franklin, Albán Vermes, Sandra Morgan, Roland Schoeman, and Enith Brigitha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Shiro Hashizume ranks 547. Before him are Péter Bacsó, Laurus Škurla, Monty Norman, Arthur Foulkes, Dagmar Rom, and Ottavio Bugatti. After him are Balakh Sher Mazari, Cynthia Ozick, Samuel Adler, Lloyd Ruby, Kanu Sanyal, and Vern Mikkelsen. Among people deceased in 2023, Shiro Hashizume ranks 513. Before him are Richard Moll, Helena Pilejczyk, Bert I. Gordon, Dimitrie Popescu, Carole Cook, and Nigel Lawson. After him are Agneta Andersson, Ron Cephas Jones, Odd Børre, Bill Hayden, Hamish Harding, and Attila Abonyi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shiro Hashizume ranks 1,923 out of 6,245. Before him are Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), Hirohito Nakamura (1974), Takashi Sambonsuge (1978), Brian Tee (1977), Masahiko Harada (1968), and Hiromi Uehara (1979). After him are Yuji Oe (1986), Seigo Narazaki (1976), Jun Fukuyama (1978), Aya Miyama (1985), Hikaru Hironiwa (1985), and Satoshi Sato (1979).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Shiro Hashizume ranks 7. Before him are Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Shigeo Arai (1916), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), Hideko Maehata (1914), and Katsuo Takaishi (1906). After him are Daichi Suzuki (1967), Kosuke Kitajima (1982), Ai Shibata (1982), Kosuke Hagino (1994), Daiya Seto (1994), and Ryosuke Irie (1990).

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