Tetsuo Hamuro 603he

Birthday: September 7, 1917 in Fukuoka, Japan

Champion Japanese breaststroke swimmer Tetsuo Hamuro was born on September 7, 1917 in Fukuoka, Japan. Hamuro set a world record in the 200 meter breaststroke in 1935. The following year Tetsuo set a n ...Show More 4d75l

Champion Japanese breaststroke swimmer Tetsuo Hamuro was born on September 7, 1917 in Fukuoka, Japan. Hamuro set a world record in the 200 meter breaststroke in 1935. The following year Tetsuo set a new Olympic record and won the gold medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, . Hamuro not only went on to win ten national championship breaststroke titles in his native Japan, but also never lost a race between the years 1935 and 1940. Tetsuo became a sports journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper after World War II broke out. Hamuro was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1990. Moreover, his wife was also a Masters World Champion swimmer. Tetsuo died at age 88 on October 30, 2005 in Takaishi, Osaka, Japan. Hide