ATHLETE

Shunpei Uto

1918 - 2010

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Shunpei Uto (鵜藤 俊平, Utō Shunpei, born 1 December 1918) was a Japanese former freestyle swimmer who won two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Uto endured much hardship after World War II and deposited both his medals to a pawnshop to get some money for living. He later found a job in general affairs at the Niigata Nippo company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shunpei Uto has received more than 12,583 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Shunpei Uto is the 1,457th most popular athlete, the 1,536th most popular biography from Japan and the 20th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Shunpei Uto ranks 1,457 out of 6,025. Before him are Horst Meyer, Dorothy Manley, Bertalan Papp, Antonio Spallino, Hubert Stevens, and Jack Cameron. After him are Nick Winter, Khristo Markov, João Carlos de Oliveira, Norair Nurikyan, Mária Gulácsy, and Juris Silovs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Shunpei Uto ranks 282. Before him are André Bjerke, Fay McKenzie, Gastone Darè, Margaret Osborne duPont, Eero Kolehmainen, and Ivo Radovniković. After him are Lohengrin Filipello, Dick Esser, Duncan White, Avery Dulles, Thelma Coyne Long, and Diana Serra Cary. Among people deceased in 2010, Shunpei Uto ranks 371. Before him are Avi Cohen, Harry Schwarz, Loris Kessel, Pete Quaife, Wilma Mankiller, and Jacinto Villalba. After him are Joaquín Capilla, Kenneth Lane, Roman Dmitriyev, Park Yong-ha, Sally Menke, and Gheorghe Fiat.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shunpei Uto ranks 1,536 out of 6,245. Before him are Takeshi Koshida (1960), Masuyo Shiraishi (1963), Nana Mizuki (1980), Shigeharu Ueki (1954), Ringo Sheena (1978), and Toshihiko Okimune (1959). After him are Ryohei Suzuki (1949), Chiaki Kuriyama (1984), Naoki Sakai (1975), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), and Yoshiharu Horii (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Shunpei Uto ranks 20. Before him are Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), Haruki Uemura (1951), Shuhei Nishida (1910), Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936), and Kim Eui-tae (1941). After him are Kenjiro Shinozuka (1948), Yoshihiro Akiyama (1975), Takao Sakurai (1941), Masanori Yusa (1915), Akitsugu Konno (1944), and Takashi Ishimoto (1935).

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