Yonetaro Nakazawa

Yonetaro Nakazawa

Yonetaro Nakazawa at the 1928 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1903-09-26)26 September 1903
Sport
Sport Decathlon, pole vaulting

Yonetaro Nakazawa (中沢 米太郎 Nakazawa Yonetarō, born 26 September 1903) is a Japanese athlete. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the pole vault and decathlon and finished in sixth and 22nd place, respectively. He was the flag bearer for Japan at those Olympics.[1]

He also competed for Japan at the Far Eastern Championship Games (a forerunner to the Asian Games) and was the winner of the pole vault competition in 1923 in Osaka and again in 1927.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Yonetaro Nakazawa. Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2014-12-24.
  2. ↑ Far Eastern Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-18.
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