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Yukiaki Okabe

Yukiaki Okabe

Japanese swimmer (1941–2018)

Yukiaki Okabe (岡部 幸明, Okabe Yukiaki, April 24, 1941 – January 26, 2018) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He was part of the Japanese teams that set a world record in 1963 and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1964 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 1964 he also finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.[1]

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Okabe died of pneumonia in Tokyo on January 26, 2018, at the age of 76.[2]

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    "Yukiaki Okabe". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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    東京五輪銅メダリスト、岡部幸明氏が死去 Archived 2020-05-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
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