Shigeo Sugiura
Encyclopedia
was a Japan
ese freestyle swimmer
. He won gold medal for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1936 Summer Olympics
, alongside Masanori Yusa
, Masaharu Taguchi
, and Shigeo Arai
.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese freestyle swimmer
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
. He won gold medal for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
, alongside Masanori Yusa
Masanori Yusa
was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medals for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics...
, Masaharu Taguchi
Masaharu Taguchi
was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medal for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 1936 Summer Olympics, alongside Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Sugiura, and Shigeo Arai.-External links:*...
, and Shigeo Arai
Shigeo Arai
was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won gold medal for the Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay and bronze medal for 100 m freestyle in the 1936 Summer Olympics.Serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he was killed in Burma on July 18, 1944....
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