Yukiaki Okabe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Yukiaki Okabe

Japanese Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1941

Place of Birth: Takatsuki, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 26-Jan-2018

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Yukiaki Okabe

  • Yukiaki Okabe (?? ??, Okabe Yukiaki, April 24, 1941 – January 26, 2018) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer.
  • He was part of the Japanese teams that set a world record in 1963 and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1964 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.
  • In 1964 he also finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.Okabe died of pneumonia in Tokyo on January 26, 2018 at the age of 76.

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