Emerick Ishikawa

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Emerick Kotaro Ishikawa (born October 23, 1920 in Lahaina , Hawaii , † November 26, 2006 in Pearl City , Hawaii) was an American weightlifter .

Career

Emerick Ishikawa began lifting weights as a teenager in Hawaii. Since he promised better training conditions on the American west coast, he went first to Seattle in 1940 and then to Sacramento . A short time later he ended up in a detention center for Americans of Japanese descent in Tule Lake , California . In this camp, in which Tamio Kono , who later became Olympic champion , was interned, he was able to continue lifting weights, although not under the ideal conditions he had imagined.

After his internment was lifted, he became a member of the York Barbell Club in York , PA and later the Yacos Gym in Detroit , Wed. 1944, he was so far in terms of performance that he could participate in the US championships (AAU Championships). He won the bantamweight title with 282.5 kg in the Olympic three-way fight. He won this title in 1945 in bantamweight and in 1946 and 1947 in featherweight . In 1948 he became runner-up in featherweight.

Emerick Ishikawa's international career began in 1946 when he took part in the World Cup in Paris . He achieved a featherweight 295 kg there and came in 6th place. At the World Championships in Philadelphia in 1947, he increased in the Olympic three-way fight to 302.5 kg and won the bronze medal in the featherweight division . World champion was his young compatriot Robert Higgins , whom he had defeated at the US championship that year.

1948 Emerick Ishikawa qualified for a start in the Olympic Games in London . He came there in the featherweight in the Olympic three-way fight to 307.5 kg and came in 6th place.

Emerick Ishikawa then returned to Hawaii and worked as a graphic illustrator at Hickam Air Force Base in Oahu . He also trained young weightlifters in the Nuuaru YMCA for 33 years .

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
1946 6th World Cup in Paris feather with 295 kg; Winner: Arvid Andersson , Sweden , 320 kg, ahead of Mahmoud Fayad , Egypt , 317.5 kg
1947 3. World Cup in Philadelphia feather with 302.5 kg, behind Robert Higgins , USA, 310 kg and Nam Su-il , South Korea , 307.5 kg
1948 6th OS in London feather with 307.5 kg (92.5-95-120), winner: Mahmoud Fayad, 332.5 kg, ahead of Rodney Wilkes , Trinidad and Tobago , 317.5 kg

USA championships

year space Weight class Results
1944 1. Bantam with 282.5 kg (82.5-87.5-112.5), ahead of Joseph Di Pietro , 275 kg and Robert Higgins, 272.5 kg
1945 1. Bantam with 285 kg (87.5-87.5-110), before M. Mitchell, 210 kg
1946 1. feather with 285 kg (85-87.5-112.5), ahead of Wallace Muro, 285 kg and Dick Bachtell, 280 kg
1947 1. feather with 300 kg (90-92.5-117.5), ahead of Robert Higgins, 297.5 kg
1948 2. feather with 300 kg (90-95-115), behind William Lowrence, 302.5 kg
1952 7th feather with 270 kg (82.5-82.5-105); Winner: Richard Tomita, 292.5 kg (85-90-117.5)
Explanations
  • all competitions in the Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, snatching and pushing
  • Bantam weight, weight class up to 56 kg, feather weight, up to 60 kg body weight
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

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personal data
SURNAME Ishikawa, Emerick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ishikawa, Emerick Kotaro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Lāhainā , Hawaii
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2006
Place of death Pearl City (Hawaii)