ATHLETE

Tetsuo Hamuro

1917 - 2005

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Tetsuo Hamuro (葉室 鐵夫, Hamuro Tetsuo, 7 September 1917 – 30 October 2005) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. In 1935 he set a world record in the 200 m. Next year he won the gold medal in this event at the 1936 Olympics, setting a new Olympic record at 2:41.5. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tetsuo Hamuro has received more than 18,066 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tetsuo Hamuro is the 1,071st most popular athlete (up from 1,125th in 2019), the 1,415th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,402nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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  • 53.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 1,071 out of 6,025. Before him are Eeles Landström, René Guyot, Frank Forberger, Giorgio Anglesio, Jacques Sautereau, and Martin Strel. After him are Bob Richards, Frantz Reichel, Khadr El-Touni, Hans Walter, David Jacobs, and Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 280. Before him are Jane Bowles, Gottfried Honegger, Arne Sucksdorff, Francis Parker Yockey, Barbro Kollberg, and Gonzalo Rojas. After him are Amelia Piccinini, Wenche Foss, Jack Lynch, Władysław Rubin, Eugen Walaschek, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Among people deceased in 2005, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 282. Before him are Lane Smith, Parveen Babi, Viktor Kapitonov, Carl Amery, Maria Vierdag, and Renée Faure. After him are José Azcona del Hoyo, Debra Hill, Spencer Dryden, Mario Luzi, Matthew McGrory, and Ariel Nogueira.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 1,415 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideki Kamiya (1970), Momoko Sakura (1965), Tsutomu Nihei (1971), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), and Maho Shimizu (1960). After him are Daichi Kamada (1996), Takao Kobayashi (1961), Hiromi Hara (1958), Heath (1968), Akira Amano (1973), and Tatsuhiko Seta (1952).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Tetsuo Hamuro ranks 13. Before him are Akio Kaminaga (1936), Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1940), Noboru Terada (1917), William Phillips (null), Masao Harada (1912), and Masaru Furukawa (1936). After him are Sueo Ōe (1914), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), Haruki Uemura (1951), Shuhei Nishida (1910), and Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936).

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