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Tetsuo Hamuro

1917 - 2005

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Tetsuo Hamuro (葉室 鐵夫, Hamuro Tetsuo; 7 September 1917 – 30 October 2005) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. In 1935 he set a world record in the 200 m. Next year he won the gold medal in this event at the 1936 Olympics, setting a new Olympic record at 2:41.5. Hamuro swam the traditional breaststroke, while some of his competitors used the butterfly stroke, which was allowed at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tetsuo Hamuro is the 1,041st most popular athlete (up from 1,065th in 2019), the 1,407th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,415th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 1,041 out of 6,025. Before him are István Rózsavölgyi, Rupert Hollaus, Hicham El Guerrouj, Akio Kaminaga, George Finnegan, and Joe Earl. After him are Arvid Knöppel, György Kárpáti, Anastasiya Kuzmina, Maria Mutola, Ulf Timmermann, and Viola Myers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 270. Before him are Kenkichi Iwasawa, Madeleine Robinson, Birger Rosengren, James Donald, José Luis Sampedro, and Ernesto Alonso. After him are Arne Sucksdorff, Larry O'Brien, Virginia Grey, Eugen Walaschek, Tofig Guliyev, and Lise Nørgaard. Among people deceased in 2005, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 254. Before him are Jean Cayrol, Natalya Gundareva, Paul Halla, George Gerbner, Givi Nodia, and Otar Korkia. After him are Éva Novák-Gerard, Jack Colvin, Thadée Cisowski, Wendie Jo Sperber, David Diamond, and Wolfgang Blochwitz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 1,407 out of 6,245. Before him are Taki Inoue (1963), Gackt (1973), Takeshi Shimizu (1975), Akio Kaminaga (1936), Emiko Kubo (1966), and Megumi Ogata (1965). After him are Yoko Taro (1970), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), Takashi Kageyama (1977), Kazuo Hasegawa (1908), Akira Yamaoka (1968), and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 14. Before him are Shuhei Nishida (1910), Kinue Hitomi (1907), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), Masanori Yusa (1915), Masaru Furukawa (1936), and Akio Kaminaga (1936). After him are Shunpei Uto (1918), Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940), Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936), Hisakichi Toyoda (1912), Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (1939), and Takashi Ishimoto (1935).

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