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Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (山中 毅, Yamanaka Tsuyoshi, 18 January 1939 – 10 February 2017) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m events at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won four silver medals; he also helped Japan win a bronze relay medal in 1964 by swimming in the heat, and placed fourth in the 4 × 200 m relay in 1956 and in the 1500m in 1960. At the 1960 Olympics, he swam the fastest leg in the 4 × 200 m relay, yet his team lost to the United States. Yamanaka won the 400 m and 1500 m events at the 1958 Asian Games.[1]

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

Yamanaka (center) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1939-01-18)18 January 1939 Wajima, Ishikawa, Japan
Died	10 February 2017(2017-02-10) (aged 78) Tokyo, Japan
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne 400 m freestyle 1956 Melbourne 1500 m freestyle 1960 Rome 400 m freestyle 1960 Rome 4×200 m freestyle relay Asian Games 1958 Tokyo 400 m freestyle 1958 Tokyo 1500 m freestyle

Yamanaka studied in college at the University of Southern California, where he broke the 200 m world record three times within two months in 1961. He set two more records over 200 m earlier in 1958–59, but unfortunately for him this distance was not an Olympic event in those years. Yamanaka also set a world record over 400 m in 1959 and three world records in the 4 × 200 m relay in 1959 and 1963. Yamanaka graduated from Waseda University and later headed the Itoman Swimming School in Osaka. In 1983 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2] In 1995, he unsuccessfully ran for the House of Councillors.[1]

Yamanaka's coach used pebbles to communicate with him during the training sessions – whenever Yamanaka would relax the coach would throw a pebble in his back. After the training Yamanaka had to collect the pebbles from the pool bottom.[2]

Yamanaka died from pneumonia on 10 February 2017 in Tokyo, at the age of 78.[3]

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

На других языках

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[de] Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (jap. 山中 毅, Yamanaka Tsuyoshi; * 18. Januar 1939 in Wajima; † 10. Februar 2017 in Tokyo)[1] war ein japanischer Schwimmer und Olympiateilnehmer. Er gewann bei den Asienspielen 1958 in Tokio, der Hauptstadt seines Heimatlandes, zwei Goldmedaillen. Sie stellen die größten Erfolge seiner Karriere dar. Legendär sind Yamanakas Auftritte bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1956 in Melbourne und 1960 in Rom. Er sicherte sich zwar jeweils zwei Silbermedaillen, wurde aber in all diesen vier Rennen vom Australier Murray Rose, respektive der australischen Staffel mit Rose, geschlagen. Beide Athleten nahmen diesen Umstand jedoch mit Humor und Rose, der zwölf Tage vor Yamanaka geboren wurde, äußerste scherzhaft, der Japaner würde ihm den Vortritt lassen, weil er Respekt vor dem Alter habe.

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- [en] Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

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[fr] Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (né le 18 janvier 1939 à Wajima et mort le 10 février 2017 à Tokyo[1]) est un nageur japonais.

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[it] Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (山中毅 Yamanaka Tsuyoshi?; Wajima, 18 gennaio 1939 – Tokyo, 10 gennaio 2017) è stato un nuotatore giapponese.

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[ru] Яманака, Цуёси

Цуёси Яманака (яп. 山中 毅 Яманака Цуёси, 18 января 1939, Вадзима, Япония — 10 февраля 2017, Токио, Япония) — японский пловец, четырехкратный серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр: дважды в Мельбурне (1956) и в Риме (1960), 14-кратный мировой рекордсмен.

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