Takimi Wakayama
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Hiroshima, Japan | 30 March 1914
Died | September 1941 China | (aged 27)
Sport | |
Sport | Water polo |
Takimi Wakayama (若山滝美, Wakayama Takimi, 30 March 1914 – September 1941) was a Japanese water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] Conscripted to fight in the Second Sino-Japanese War, he died of typhoid fever on the frontlines in 1941.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Takimi Wakayama Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "Takimi Wakayama". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1941 deaths
- Japanese male water polo players
- Olympic water polo players for Japan
- Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Hiroshima
- Japanese military personnel killed in action
- Military personnel killed in the Second Sino-Japanese War
- Deaths from typhoid fever
- Japanese water polo biography stubs