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Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

1939 - 2017

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Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (山中 毅, Yamanaka Tsuyoshi, 18 January 1939 – 10 February 2017) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m events at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won four silver medals; he also helped Japan win a bronze relay medal in 1964 by swimming in the heat, and placed fourth in the 4 × 200 m relay in 1956 and in the 1500m in 1960. At the 1960 Olympics, he swam the fastest leg in the 4 × 200 m relay, yet his team lost to the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsuyoshi Yamanaka has received more than 23,947 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tsuyoshi Yamanaka is the 1,893rd most popular athlete (down from 1,250th in 2019), the 1,659th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,453rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka ranks 1,893 out of 6,025. Before him are Tatyana Talysheva, Bjarne Andersson, Amadou Dia Ba, Francis Tyler, Walter Middelberg, and Arto Bryggare. After him are Gavino Matta, Liesel Westermann, Teodor Kocerka, Jimmy Ball, Salvatore Morale, and Basil Heatley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka ranks 561. Before him are Javier González, Jet Harris, Martin Feldstein, José Fernández, Richard Zare, and Brian Jacques. After him are James M. Bardeen, Paul Sauvage, Kate O'Mara, Pavel Morozenko, S. David Griggs, and James Hartle. Among people deceased in 2017, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka ranks 540. Before him are Len Wein, Tore Eriksson, Geri Allen, Leila Seth, Kurt Marti, and Kirti Nidhi Bista. After him are Michele Scarponi, Gilbert Stork, Aleksandr Salnikov, Ronald Drever, Gianuario Carta, and Jiří Lanský.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka ranks 1,659 out of 6,245. Before him are Oh! great (1972), Noriyuki Abe (1961), Daniel Martínez (null), Hitomi (1976), Takayuki Suzuki (1976), and Bunji Kimura (1944). After him are Maaya Sakamoto (1980), Yuji Sakakura (1967), Kazuki Nakajima (1985), Kenji Nagai (1957), Sayuri Yamaguchi (1966), and Hisakichi Toyoda (1912).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka ranks 30. Before him are Takao Sakurai (1941), Masanori Yusa (1915), Akitsugu Konno (1944), Takashi Ishimoto (1935), Beatriz (null), and Daniel Martínez (null). After him are Hisakichi Toyoda (1912), Shunkichi Hamada (1910), Masushi Ouchi (1943), Shinji Hosokawa (1960), Toru Goto (1934), and Naohiro Ikeda (1940).

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