Masaji Kiyokawa was a Japanese backstroke swimmer, businessman and sports administrator. Born in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, in 1913, he graduated from the Tokyo College of Commerce, now Hitotsubashi University, and swam for Japan at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke ahead of his teammates Toshio Irie and Kentaro Kawatsu. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics he finished third in the same event, and he set one world record, in the 400 metre backstroke. After his swimming career he became a director of the Japan Swimming Federation in 1948 and served as a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1975 to 1989, including as vice chairman from 1979 to 1983. He also led the trading company Kanematsu Corp. from 1976 and died in 1999.
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was a Japanese businessman, sports administrator and backstroke swimmer
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he won the gold medal in the 100 m backstroke event
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won the gold medal in the 100 m backstroke event
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who won two medals at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics
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was a Japanese businessman, sports administrator and backstroke swimmer
Competed In: 1932 Summer Olympics, Body, 1932 Los Angeles Olympics
Selected as a member of the Japanese swimming team at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics
Competed In: 1936 Summer Olympics, Body, 1936 Berlin Olympics
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he placed third in the same event.
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