![]() Yukiaki Okabe (left) in 1964 | ||||||||||||
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Born | April 24, 1941 | |||||||||||
Died | January 26, 2018 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 76)|||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
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Yukiaki Okabe (岡部 幸明, Okabe Yukiaki, April 24, 1941 – January 26, 2018) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He was part of the Japanese teams that set a world record in 1963 and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1964 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 1964 he also finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. [1]
Okabe died of pneumonia in Tokyo on January 26, 2018, at the age of 76. [2]
![]() Yukiaki Okabe (left) in 1964 | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | April 24, 1941 | |||||||||||
Died | January 26, 2018 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 76)|||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Yukiaki Okabe (岡部 幸明, Okabe Yukiaki, April 24, 1941 – January 26, 2018) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He was part of the Japanese teams that set a world record in 1963 and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1964 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 1964 he also finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. [1]
Okabe died of pneumonia in Tokyo on January 26, 2018, at the age of 76. [2]