Shunpei Uto
Japanese swimmer (born 1918)
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Shunpei Uto (鵜藤 俊平, Utō Shunpei; born 1 December 1918, date of death unknown) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who won two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
Jack Medica, Noboru Terada and Shunpei Uto (right) at the 1936 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 December 1918 Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Education | Rikkyo University |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Medal record | |
Biography
Uto endured much hardship after World War II and deposited both his medals to a pawnshop to get some money for living. He later found a job in general affairs at the Niigata Nippo company.
After retiring he moved to Chiba Prefecture to do agriculture.[2] Uto is deceased.[3]
