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Naoto Tajima (left) with Jesse Owens (middle) and Luz Long (right)Men's athletics Competitor for Japan
Olympic Games Gold 1936 Berlin Triple jump Bronze 1936 Berlin Long jump Naoto Tajima (田島 直人 Tajima Naoto , August 15, 1912 - 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 Imperial University just prior to competing in the Olympics. His gold medal was Japan's last Olympic track and field gold medal until Naoko Takahashi won the women's marathon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
References
- Naoto Tajima's Olympic medals and stats
- Kyoto University showing an oak tree that Tajima brought back from Berlin.
Records Preceded by
Jack Metcalfe
Men's Triple Jump World Record Holder
1936-08-06 – 1950-12-03Succeeded by
Adhemar da Silva
Olympic Champions in Men's Triple Jump 1896: James Connolly (USA) • 1900: Myer Prinstein (USA) • 1904: Myer Prinstein (USA) • 1908: Tim Ahearne (GBR) • 1912: Gustaf Lindblom (SWE) • 1920: Vilho Tuulos (FIN) • 1924: Nick Winter (AUS) • 1928: Mikio Oda (JPN) • 1932: Chūhei Nambu (JPN) • 1936: Naoto Tajima (JPN) • 1948: Arne Åhman (SWE) • 1952: Adhemar da Silva (BRA) • 1956: Adhemar da Silva (BRA) • 1960: Józef Szmidt (POL) • 1964: Józef Szmidt (POL) • 1968: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1972: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1976: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1980: Jaak Uudmäe (URS) • 1984: Al Joyner (USA) • 1988: Hristo Markov (BUL) • 1992: Mike Conley (USA) • 1996: Kenny Harrison (USA) • 2000: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 2004: Christian Olsson (SWE) • 2008: Nelson Évora (POR)
Categories:- 1912 births
- 1990 deaths
- Japanese long jumpers
- Japanese triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Kyoto University alumni
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Japanese athletics biography stubs
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