Yoshi Oyakawa
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1933 –
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Who is Yoshi Oyakawa?
Yoshinobu Oyakawa is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke event. Oyakawa is considered to be the last of the great "straight-arm-pull" backstrokers.
He was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1973.
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