Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese Olympic Swimmer
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Place of Birth: Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan
About Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
- Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (?? ??, Hamaguchi Yoshihiro, June 23, 1926 – August 9, 2011) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He represented Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
- There, he won a silver medal as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, alongside Toru Goto, Hiroshi Suzuki and Teijiro Tanikawa.
- Also competed in the 100m freestyle advancing to the semifinals, missing the finals by a narrow margin. After retiring he debuted as an actor in the 1955 film Buruuba as a Japanese version of Tarzan.
- He also appeared in the TV Show Shonen Jet, a detective adventure show made by Kadokawa Pictures.
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