Ōshima Kenkichi

Ōshima Kenkichi

Ōshima Kenkichi ( Japanese 大 島 鎌 吉 ; born November 10, 1908 in Kanazawa , † March 30, 1985 ) was a Japanese three-jumper .

At the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 , he won the bronze medal with 15.12 m behind his compatriot Nambu Chūhei , who set a world record with 15.72 m, and the Swede Erik Svensson (15.32 m).

In 1934 he became the Far Eastern champion and set his personal best on October 1 in Seoul with 15.63 m. In 1936 he was sixth at the Olympic Games in Berlin .

After his active career, the graduate of Kansai University first became a sports journalist at the Mainichi Shimbun and finally a professor at the Osaka Sports University. Since 1949 he was a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee . At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he was the chief instructor of the Japanese team. In 1982 he was awarded the Hans Heinrich Sievert Prize .

Web links

• Ōshima Kenkichi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Ōshima is the family name, Kenkichi the first name.