Yasuji Miyazaki

Yasuji Miyazaki
Personal information
Full name	宮崎康二
Nationality	Japanese
Born	October 15, 1916; Kosai, Shizuoka, Japan
Died	December 30, 1989 (aged 73)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	freestyle
Medal record
Men's Swimming
Representing Japan
Olympic Games

Yasuji Miyazaki (宮崎康二, Miyazaki Yasuji) (October 15, 1916 – December 30, 1989) was a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Miyazaki was born in Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He was selected for the Japanese Olympic team for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics at the age of 15, and was one of the youngest members. In the semi-finals of the 100 m freestyle event, he surpassed the Olympic record previously set by American champion Johnny Weissmuller with a time of 58.2 seconds, and won the gold medal. The following day, as part of the team competing in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event, he won a second gold medal, with the team setting a new world record of 8 minutes 58.4 seconds. After his return to Japan, he entered Keio University and retired from competitive sports.

References

Killanin, Michael Morris. The Olympic games, 1984: Los Angeles and Sarajevo. John Rodda (1983) ISBN 0718123905
Lohn, John. Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming. Scarecrow Press, (2010). ISBN 0810867753