Shunpei Uto
Japanese swimmer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Japanese swimmer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shunpei Uto (鵜藤 俊平, Utō Shunpei, born 1 December 1918) was a Japanese former freestyle swimmer who won two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
 Jack Medica, Noboru Terada and Shunpei Uto (right) at the 1936 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 December 1918 Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Rikkyo University | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Uto endured much hardship after World War II and deposited both his medals to a pawnshop to get some money for living. He later found a job in general affairs at the Niigata Nippo company. After retiring he moved to Chiba Prefecture to do agriculture.[2]
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