Shigeo Arai
Japanese swimmer
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Shigeo Arai (left) and
Masanori Yusa
at the 1936 Olympics
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Born |
August 8, 1916
Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan |
Died |
July 19, 1944 (aged 27)
Burma |
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Sport | Swimming (freestyle) |
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Shigeo Arai ( 新井 茂雄 , Arai Shigeo , August 8, 1916 – July 19, 1944) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1936 Olympics . He won a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, setting a world record. In the individual 100 m race he finished almost simultaneously with Masanori Yusa and Masaharu Taguchi and was awarded a bronze medal. Those Games were the only international competition for Arai, though he won three national titles in the 100 m and four in the 200 m freestyle between 1937 and 1940. [1]
While serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II , he was killed in action in Burma. [1] [2]
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References
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- 1 2 Shigeo Arai . sports-reference.com
- ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War" . Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 . Retrieved 24 July 2018 .
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