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Shiro Hashizume

1928 - 2023

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Shiro Hashizume (橋爪四郎, Hashizume Shirō, September 20, 1928 – March 9, 2023) was a Japanese Olympic freestyle swimmer. He won the silver medal in the men's 1500m freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He broke the world record in the same event on August 16, 1949, clocking 18:35.7. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shiro Hashizume has received more than 15,853 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Shiro Hashizume is the 146th most popular swimmer, the 1,683rd most popular biography from Japan and the 6th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Shiro Hashizume ranks 146 out of 709. Before him are Inge de Bruijn, Wilhelm Lützow, Pua Kealoha, Andrea Pollack, George Vernot, and Jack Medica. After him are Harold Hardwick, Bill Mulliken, Raymond Thorne, Valerie Davies, Eleanor Holm, and Lucy Morton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Shiro Hashizume ranks 545. Before him are Cynthia Ozick, Ivan Kizimov, Vasile Tiță, Serge Blusson, Udham Singh, and Stig Claesson. After him are Kanu Sanyal, Ted Sorensen, Ferenc Juhász, Věra Růžičková, Yelizaveta Dementyeva, and Joseph Vissers. Among people deceased in 2023, Shiro Hashizume ranks 544. Before him are Francesco Nuti, José del Castillo, Hans-Werner Gessmann, Edward Ferry, Gordon Pinsent, and James Hartle. After him are Gita Mehta, David Singmaster, Valentin Yudashkin, Barrett Strong, Alistair Darling, and Bert I. Gordon.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shiro Hashizume ranks 1,683 out of 6,245. Before him are Riyo Mori (1986), Chris Horner (1971), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Brian Tee (1977), Jushin Liger (1964), and Tomokazu Sugita (1980). After him are Pata (1965), Shigemitsu Sudo (1956), Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972), Tomomi Inada (1959), Rei Sakuma (1965), and Yuji Sugano (1961).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Shiro Hashizume ranks 6. Before him are Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Shigeo Arai (1916), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), and Hideko Maehata (1914). After him are Katsuo Takaishi (1906), Kosuke Kitajima (1982), Daichi Suzuki (1967), Daiya Seto (1994), Kosuke Hagino (1994), and Ryosuke Irie (1990).

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