Naoto Tajima
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Naoto Tajima (left) with Jesse Owens (middle) and Luz Long (right) |
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| Medal record | |||
| Men's Athletics | |||
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| Gold | 1936 Berlin | Triple jump | |
| Bronze | 1936 Berlin | Long jump | |
Naoto Tajima (born August 15, 1912 – died December 4, 1990) was a Japanese athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He won a gold medal in the triple jump (setting a new world record in that event), and won a bronze medal in the long jump, behind Jesse Owens and Lutz Long.
Born in Iwakuni, Tajima graduated from Kyoto University just prior to competing in the Olympics. His gold medal was Japan's last Olympic athletics gold medal until Naoko Takahashi won the women's marathon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
| Olympic champions in men's triple jump |
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| 1896: James Connolly | 1900: Myer Prinstein | 1904: Myer Prinstein | 1906: Peter O'Connor | 1908: Tim Ahearne | 1912: Gustaf Lindblom | 1920: Vilho Tuulos | 1924: Nick Winter | 1928: Mikio Oda | 1932: Chuhei Nambu | 1936: Naoto Tajima | 1948: Arne Åhman | 1952: Adhemar da Silva | 1956: Adhemar da Silva | 1960: Józef Szmidt | 1964: Józef Szmidt | 1968: Viktor Saneyev | 1972: Viktor Saneyev | 1976: Viktor Saneyev | 1980: Jaak Uudmäe | 1984: Al Joyner | 1988: Hristo Markov | 1992: Mike Conley | 1996: Kenny Harrison | 2000: Jonathan Edwards | 2004: Christian Olsson |
[edit] References
- Naoto Tajima's Olympic medals and stats
- Kyoto University showing an oak tree that Tajima brought back from Berlin.
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