Reizo Koike

Reizo Koike
	Erwin Sietas, Tetsuo Hamuro and Reizo Koike at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	December 15, 1915; Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
Died	August 3, 1998 (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.

Swimming career

As a swimmer

Koike won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1936 Olympics in the 200m breaststroke, and set an unofficial world record in the 100 between these Olympics. During his career Koike won eight national titles.^[1]

As a coach and administrator

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. Koike was present in Barcelona during the 1992 Summer Olympics, when Kyoko Iwasaki won the gold medal.

Awards

In 1990 Koike received the Olympic Order in Silver, and in 1996 was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.^[2]

Death

Koike died of lung cancer in 1998.

References

^ 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.
^ "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.

[sr-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.

[ishof-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.

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