Reizo Koike

Reizo Koike

Erwin Sietas, Tetsuo Hamuro and Reizo Koike at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1915-12-15)December 15, 1915 Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
Died	August 3, 1998(1998-08-03) (aged 82)
Alma mater	Keio University
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event	200-meter breaststroke

Reizo Koike (小池 禮三, Koike Reizō, December 12, 1915 – August 3, 1998) was a Japanese swimmer who specialized in the 200 m breaststroke. In this event he won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1936 Olympics, and set an unofficial world record in 100 m between these Olympics. During his career Koike won eight national titles.^[1]

After the end of World War II, Koike became a coach for the Japanese national Olympic swimming team and chairman of the Japan Swimming Federation. He was present in Barcelona during the 1992 Summer Olympics, when Kyoko Iwasaki won the gold medal. In 1990 Koike received the Olympic Order in Silver, and in 1996 was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.^[2] He died of lung cancer in 1998.

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Reizo Koike". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
2. "REIZO KOIKE (JPN) 1996 Pioneer Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2015-06-08.