Tetsuo Hamuro

Japanese swimmer (1917–2005)

Tetsuo Hamuro

Tetsuo Hamuro c. 1956

Personal information

Born

7 September 1917
Fukuoka, Japan

Died

30 October 2005 (aged 88)
Takaishi, Osaka, Japan

Sport

Swimming

Medal record

Representing Japan

Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	200 m breaststroke

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. Between 1935 and 1940 Hamuro never lost a race and won ten national breaststroke titles. After World War II he worked for the Mainichi newspaper as a sports journalist.^[1] In 1990, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.^[2]

Hamuro's wife was also a swimmer and a world champion in the masters category.^[2]

References

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^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tetsuo Hamuro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "TETSUO HAMURO (JPN) 1990 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame.^{[dead link]}