Yada Kimio

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Yada Kimio ( Japanese 矢 田 喜 美 雄 ; born September 17, 1913 , † December 4, 1990 ) was a Japanese high jumper .

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, he was fifth with 1.97 m.

He set his personal best of 1.98 m on September 24, 1933 in Tokyo .

Web links

  • Yada Kimio in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
  • Yada Kimio 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 . So Yada is the family name, Kimio the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Yada, Kimio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 矢 田, 喜 美 雄
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese high jumper
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1913
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1990