Reizo Koike, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Reizo Koike

swimmer

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1915

Place of Birth: Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1998

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Reizo Koike (?? ??, Koike Reizo, December 12, 1915 – August 3, 1998) was a Japanese swimmer who specialized in the 200 m breaststroke.
In this event he won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1936 Olympics, and set an unofficial world record in 100 m between these Olympics.
During his career Koike won eight national titles.After the end of World War II, Koike became a coach for the Japanese national Olympic swimming team and chairman of the Japan Swimming Federation.
He was present in Barcelona during the 1992 Summer Olympics, when Kyoko Iwasaki won the gold medal.
In 1990 Koike received the Olympic Order in Silver, and in 1996 was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
He died of lung cancer in 1998.