Mutsuo Taniguchi
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Kagami, Japan | 5 March 1913
Died | 2 October 1943 Bougainville, Solomon Islands | (aged 30)
Sport | |
Sport | Sprinting |
Event | 200 metres |
Mutsuo Taniguchi (5 March 1913 – 2 October 1943)[1] was a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres and the men's 4 x 100 meters relay events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in action during World War II.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mutsuo Taniguchi at Olympedia
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mutsuo Taniguchi Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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- 1913 births
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- Japanese male sprinters
- Olympic male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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- Japanese military personnel killed in World War II
- People from Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
- Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
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