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


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About Reizo Koike

  • 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.

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