Shigeo Arai Explained

Birth Date:	August 8, 1916
Death Date:	July 19, 1944 (aged 27)
Birth Place:	Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Death Place:	Burma
Sport:	Swimming (freestyle)
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was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1936 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, setting a world record. In the individual 100 m race he finished almost simultaneously with Masanori Yusa and Masaharu Taguchi and was awarded a bronze medal. Those Games were the only international competition for Arai, though he won three national titles in the 100 m and four in the 200 m freestyle between 1937 and 1940.

While serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he was killed in action in Burma.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-04-17 . Shigeo Arai Bio, Stats, and Results Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 2023-10-24 . 2020-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417091714/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/shigeo-arai-1.html . bot: unknown .
2. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.