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Yoshinobu Miyake

1939 - Today

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Yoshinobu Miyake (三宅 義信, Miyake Yoshinobu; born November 24, 1939) is a retired Japanese weightlifter and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lieutenant. He won one silver and two gold medals at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished fourth in 1972. He also won world titles in 1962, 1963 and 1965–66. Between 1959 and 1969 Miyake set 25 official world records, including 10 consecutive records in the snatch and nine consecutive records in the total. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshinobu Miyake is the 1,302nd most popular athlete, the 1,478th most popular biography from Japan and the 16th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yoshinobu Miyake ranks 1,302 out of 6,025. Before him are Natalya Goncharova, Horatio Fitch, Göte Hagström, István Tóth, Maria Sander, and Halvard Hanevold. After him are Bohumil Němeček, Kazimierz Barburski, Keto Losaberidze, Zhu Jianhua, Maria Kwaśniewska, and Dave Power.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Yoshinobu Miyake ranks 489. Before him are Chris Craft, Elizabeth Ashley, Jalal Dabagh, Koldo Aguirre, Rudolf Bayer, and Alexey Korneyev. After him are Valerie Harper, Subramanian Swamy, Hildrun Laufer-Claus, Edoardo Menichelli, George F. R. Ellis, and Nanda.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshinobu Miyake ranks 1,478 out of 6,245. Before him are Sumi Shimamoto (1954), Eiji Kawashima (1983), Noriko Hidaka (1962), Yuji Ide (1975), Hiroyuki Sakashita (1959), and Jong Tae-se (1984). After him are Shinji Tanaka (1960), Shigeru Ishiba (1957), Kazuo Ozaki (1960), Satoshi Miyauchi (1959), Akihiro Nishimura (1958), and Toshio Matsuura (1955).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Yoshinobu Miyake ranks 16. Before him are William Phillips (null), Masao Harada (1912), Masaru Furukawa (1936), Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), Sueo Ōe (1914), and Hiroshi Suzuki (1933). After him are Haruki Uemura (1951), Shuhei Nishida (1910), Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (1936), Kim Eui-tae (1941), Shunpei Uto (1918), and Kenjiro Shinozuka (1948).

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