Hamuro Tetsuo

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Hamuro Tetsuo (1956)

Hamuro Tetsuo ( Japanese葉 室 鐵 夫; born September 7, 1917 in Fukuoka , Fukuoka Prefecture ; † October 30, 2005 in Takaishi , Osaka Prefecture ) was a Japanese swimmer .

At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 , he was Olympic champion over 200 m breaststroke , making him the second Japanese after Yoshiyuki Tsuruta to succeed. In 1990 he was inducted into the international swimming pool 's hall of fame .

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Hamuro is the family name, Tetsuo the first name.
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SURNAME Hamuro, Tetsuo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 葉 室 鐵 夫 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Fukuoka
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 2005
Place of death Takaishi