Hideko Maehata
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Swimming | |||
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| Gold | 1936 Berlin | 200 m breaststroke | |
| Silver | 1932 Los Angeles | 200 m breaststroke | |
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Hideko Maehata
Hideko Maehata (前畑 秀子 Maehata Hideko?, born May 20, 1914 in Wakayama - February 241995) is a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. She won gold medal for the Women's 200 m breaststroke in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and silver medal for the Women's 200 m breaststroke in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
She is first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Olympics.
[edit] Competitive highlights
- 1932 Olympics 200 m freestyle - 3:06.4
- 1936 Olympics 200 m freestyle - 3:03.6
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Olympic champions in women's 200 m breaststroke |
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| 1924: Lucy Morton | 1928: Hilde Schrader | 1932: Clare Dennis | 1936: Hideko Maehata | 1948: Nel van Vliet | 1952: Éva Székely | 1956: Ursula Happe | 1960: Anita Lonsborough | 1964: Galina Prozumenshchikova | 1968: Sharon Wichman | 1972: Beverley Whitfield | 1976: Marina Kosheveya | 1980: Lina Kačiušytė | 1984: Anne Ottenbrite | 1988: Silke Hörner | 1992: Kyoko Iwasaki | 1996: Penny Heyns | 2000: Ágnes Kovács | 2004: Amanda Beard |
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