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    Tetsuo Okamoto (20 March 1932 – 1 October 2007) was a Brazilian Olympic swimmer. Okamoto had asthma, and began to swim to treat it at 7 years old. However...
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  • paintings and sculpture Tetsuo Okamoto (1932–2007), Brazilian swimmer Tomotaka Okamoto (disambiguation), multiple people Vincent Okamoto (1943–2020), American...
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    them were of Japanese origin. Ford Konno was Japanese American and Tetsuo Okamoto was Japanese Brazilian. Swimmers was starting in six heats. Eight of...
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    Miyashiro, triathlete Paulo Nagamura, footballer Mariana Ohata, triathlete Tetsuo Okamoto, former swimmer Poliana Okimoto, long-distance swimmer Noguchi Pinto...
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    and Spaniards. The first Brazilian olympic medalist was from Marilia. Tetsuo Okamoto won a bronze medal in Helsinki in 1952, swimming 1500 m freestyle. The...
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  • Tetsuo Okamoto won the first Olympic medal for Brazilian swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Games, a bronze medal in the 1500-meter freestyle. Okamoto also...
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  • Ford Konno  United States 18:30.3 (OR) Shiro Hashizume  Japan 18:41.4 Tetsuo Okamoto  Brazil 18:51.3 100 m backstroke details Yoshi Oyakawa  United States...
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  • 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Aram Boghossian, João Gonçalves Filho, and Tetsuo Okamoto. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 400-metre freestyle...
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    Although the country had some success with swimmers like Piedade Coutinho, Tetsuo Okamoto, Manuel dos Santos and José Fiolo, the sport started to become more...
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  • Ford Konno  United States 18:30.3 OR Shiro Hashizume  Japan 18:41.4 Tetsuo Okamoto  Brazil 18:51.3 1956 Melbourne details Murray Rose  Australia 17:58...
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    Conceição 1952 Helsinki Athletics Men's high jump 20 July 1952  Bronze Tetsuo Okamoto 1952 Helsinki Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 2 August 1952  Gold...
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  • Before him, only other non-American had won the race, the Brazilian Tetsuo Okamoto, in the first edition of the Games in 1951. 2003 Pan American Games...
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  • architect; Japanese Brazilian Leandro Okabe, model; Japanese Brazilian Tetsuo Okamoto, swimmer; Japanese Brazilian Poliana Okimoto, long-distance swimmer...
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    Shooting Men's military rifle prone team  Gold Tetsuo Okamoto Swimming Men's 400m freestyle  Gold Tetsuo Okamoto Swimming Men's 1500m freestyle  Silver Aram...
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  • Games took place on 20 March. The last Pan American Games champion was Tetsuo Okamoto of Brazil. This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths...
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  • (2014) Spotted by fisherman Tetsuo Okamoto while diving for turban shells at around 10:30 am local time. Squid swam above Okamoto when he was at depth of...
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  • Games took place on 23 March. The last Pan American Games champion was Tetsuo Okamoto of Brazil. This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all...
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    the first medals won by Brazilians at Athletics in the Olympic Games. Tetsuo Okamoto became the first Brazilian swimmer to win an Olympic medal, the bronze...
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  • Conceição 1952 Helsinki Athletics Men's high jump 20 July 1952  Bronze Tetsuo Okamoto 1952 Helsinki Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 2 August 1952  Gold...
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  • Ford Konno  United States 18:30.3 (OR) Shiro Hashizume  Japan 18:41.4 Tetsuo Okamoto  Brazil 18:51.3 100 m backstroke details Yoshi Oyakawa  United States...
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    Scherer, Thiago Pereira, Djan Madruga, Bruno Fratus, Manuel dos Santos, Tetsuo Okamoto, Nicholas Santos, Felipe França, Fernando Scheffer, Kaio de Almeida...
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    Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2007. "Former Texas A&M Swimming Olympian Okamoto Passes Away". Texas A&M University Athletic Department. October 3, 2007...
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  • Men's military rifle prone team Gold Tetsuo Okamoto 1951 Buenos Aires Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Gold Tetsuo Okamoto 1951 Buenos Aires Swimming Men's...
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  • Games Gold Silver Bronze 1951 Tetsuo Okamoto 4:52.4 Bill Heusner 4:54.5 Tonatiuh Gutiérrez 4:57.2 1955 Jimmy McLane 4:51.3 Wayne Moore 4:53.4 Oscar Kramer...
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  • 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Ricardo Capanema, João Gonçalves Filho, and Tetsuo Okamoto. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 100-metre and...
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  • 4×200-metre freestyle, along with Aram Boghossian, Ricardo Capanema, and Tetsuo Okamoto. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he swam the 100-metre backstroke...
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  • Before him, only other non-American had won the race, his compatriot Tetsuo Okamoto, in the first edition of the Games in 1951. All times are in minutes...
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  • gold medallist in discus (1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968), heart failure. Tetsuo Okamoto, 75, Brazilian swimmer and Brazil's first Olympic swimming medallist...
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    15:09.93. Brazil has not won this event at the Pan American Games since Tetsuo Okamoto won it in the first edition of the Games, in 1951. In December 2019...
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  • details Tetsuo Okamoto    Brazil 4:52.4 Bill Heusner    United States 4:54.5 Tonatiuh Gutiérrez    Mexico 4:57.2 1500m Freestyle   details Tetsuo Okamoto  ...
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