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Katsuo Takaishi

1906 - 1966

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Katsuo Takaishi (高石 勝男, Takaishi Katsuo, October 14, 1906 – April 13, 1966) was a Japanese swimmer, swimming coach and sports administrator. Takaishi was born in Osaka and graduated from Waseda University. During the 1923 Far Eastern Games held in Osaka, he won all three freestyle swimming events, which secured him a place on the Japanese Olympic team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katsuo Takaishi has received more than 14,431 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Katsuo Takaishi is the 99th most popular swimmer, the 1,647th most popular biography from Japan and the 6th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 99 out of 392Before him are László Cseh, Eleanor Garatti, Allen Stack, John Konrads, Sarah Sjöström, and Géza Kádas. After him are Andrea Gyarmati, Carolyn Schuler, Novella Calligaris, Mike Burton, Jörg Woithe, and Ryan Lochte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 373Before him are Luis Marín, Márton Homonnai, Bunny Austin, Jim Bausch, Julio Rosales, and Catherine Cookson. After him are William Bendix, Mauri Rose, Pat O'Callaghan, William Empson, Bea Benaderet, and Hiram Fong. Among people deceased in 1966, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 207Before him are Carmelita Geraghty, Knut Torell, Sydney Camm, Bimal Roy, Lucy Burns, and Gösta Åsbrink. After him are Walt Hansgen, Gertrude Berg, and Don Branson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 1,647 out of 6,048Before him are Yoshitoshi ABe (1971), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), Takeshi Koshida (1960), Mari Iijima (1963), Nobuhiko Okamoto (1986), and Yuma Asami (1987). After him are Yuji Nakazawa (1978), Hiroki Takahashi (1974), Genki Haraguchi (1991), Ai Sugiyama (1975), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), and Emi Shinohara (1963).

Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Katsuo Takaishi ranks 6Before him are Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Shigeo Arai (1916), Hideko Maehata (1914), and Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903). After him are Kosuke Kitajima (1982), Daichi Suzuki (1967), Daiya Seto (1994), Ryosuke Irie (1990), Kosuke Hagino (1994), and Takeshi Matsuda (1984).