Yusa Masanori

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Yusa Masanori ( Japanese 遊 佐 正 憲 ; born January 8, 1915 in Tadotsu , Kagawa Prefecture , Japan ; † March 8, 1975 ) was a Japanese swimmer.

Along with Toyoda Hisakichi , Miyazaki Yasuji and Yokoyama Takashi was he at the Olympic Games in 1932 in Los Angeles with the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Olympic champion . This was Japan's first ever Olympic swimming relay victory . He was able to repeat this victory with the relay in Berlin in 1936 . He also won the silver medal in the 100 m freestyle.

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yusa is the family name, Masanori the first name.
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SURNAME Yusa, Masanori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 遊 佐 正 憲 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Tadotsu , Kagawa Prefecture , Japan
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1975