Yukiaki Okabe facts for kids
Yukiaki Okabe (left) in 1964
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| Born | April 24, 1941 | ||||||||||
| Died | January 26, 2018 (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan |
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| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||
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Yukiaki Okabe (岡部 幸明, Okabe Yukiaki, April 24, 1941 – January 26, 2018) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He was part of the Japanese teams that set a world record in 1963 and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1964 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 1964 he also finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
Okabe died of pneumonia in Tokyo on January 26, 2018, at the age of 76.
See also
In Spanish: Yukiaki Okabe para niños
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