Great Olympians

Biographies - KAW

Franciszek Kawa

B. 1901-10-03, Lwow, then in Austria, now Lviv in Ukraine, between 1918 and 1945 Polish, represented Poland; D. 1985-02-10
Cross-Country Skiing

	1928	HP
Men's 50 km	27th	0.04
		0.04

Kawabata Takafumi

B. 1954-06-26, Hokkaido, Japan
Ski Jumping

	1980	HP
Men's Normal Hill	29th	0.016
Men's Large Hill	32nd	-2.40
		0.02

Kawabuchi Isao

B. 1936-12-13, represented Japan
Ice Hockey

	1964	HP
Men's Team	11th	32
		32

Kawabuchi Saburo

B. 1936-12-03, Takaishi, Japan
Football

	1964	HP
Men's Team	7th/8th	162
		162

Kawachi Tsuyoshi

B. 1945-01-04, represented Japan
Cycling - Track

	1964	HP
Men's Sprint	Rep1:2nd	0.064
		0.064

Kawada Eiko

B. 1955-09-11, Hiroshima, Japan
Handball

	1976	HP
Women's Team	fifth	500
		500

Kawada Setsuo

B. 1934-03-03, Tokyo, Japan
Sailing

	1960	HP
Three−Person Keelboat (Dragon)	22nd	0.4
		0.4

Kawagoe Takayoshi

B. 1949-08-04, represented Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1972	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:28th	0.0384
		0.0384

Kawaguchi Koichi

B. 1913-03-12, Mie, Japan; D. 2004
Equestrianism - Jumping

	1956	HP
Jumping, Individual	26th	0.08
		0.08

Kawaguchi Takao

B. 1950-04-13, Hiroshima, Japan
Judo (1 gold)

	1972	HP
Men's Lightweight (-63 kg)	gold	9600
		9600

Kawahara Masayuki

B. 1956-02-01, Honbetsu, Hokk., Japan
Speed Skating

	1976	1980	HP
Men's 1000 metres		23rd	0.256
Men's 1500 metres		20th	1
Men's 5000 metres	24th	25th	0.26
			1.516

Kawai Risako

B. 1994-11-21, Tsubata, Japan
Freestyle Wrestling (2 gold)

	2016	2021	HP
Women's Lightweight (-57 kg)		gold	19200
Women's Middleweight (-63 kg)	gold		19200
			19200

Kawaishi Tatsugo

B. 1911-12-17, Oogaki, Japan; D. 1945-03-17
Swimming (1 silver)

	1932	HP
Men's 100m Freestyle	silver	4000
		4000

Kawakami Chosei

B. 1895-04-10, Yokohama, Japan; D. 1972-09-01
Art Competitions

	1932	1936	HP
Painting	ac	ac	5.91
			5.91

Małgorzata Helena Kawalska

B. 1952-02-18, Łódż, Poland
Rowing

	1976	HP
Women's Coxless Pairs	8th	320
		320

Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto

B. 1933-09-17, Honolulu, Haw., USA; D. 2017-01-22
Aquatics - Swimming (2 bronze)

	1952	HP
Women's 400 metres Freestyle	bronze	2560
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay	bronze	640
		3200

Kawamoto Taizo

B. 1914-01-17, Seto, Japan; D. 1985-09-20
Football

	1936	HP
Men's Team	QF	287
		287

He was part of the squad for the 1956 Olympics, but did not play.

Kawamura Katsutoshi

B. 1954-01-18, Hokkaido, Japan
Ice Hockey

	1980	HP
Men's Team	Prel:6th	26
		26

Kawamura Kazuo

B. 1947-01-19, Fukui, Japan
Hockey

	1968	HP
Men's Team	(13th)	8
		8

Kawamura Yasuo

B. 1908-05-07, Ogoto, Japan
Speed Skating

	1932	1936	HP
Men's 500 m	R1:5th		17.2
Men's 1500 m	R1:4th	28th	68.026
Men's 5000 m	R1:7th		2.56
Men's 10000 m	R1:dnf		2.56
			90.346

Kawanishi Hide

B. 1894, Kobe, Japan; D. 1965
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Painting	2 entries	4.372
		4.372

Kawanishi Shigeko

B. 1948-12-05, Nara, Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1968	1972	HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle	SF:18th	R1:28th	2.5856
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	sixth	R1:10th	185
			187.5856

Kawano Shunichi

B. 1936-11-29, Nagasaki, Japan; D. 2009-05-12
Wrestling - Freestyle

	1960	1964	1968	HP
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-87 kg)	8th			774
Men's Light−Heavyweight (-97 kg)		9th	10th	774
				774

Kawano Yoshihiro

B. 1943-10-04, Honbetsu, Hokk., Japan
Speed Skating

	1964	HP
Men's 5000 metres	26th	0.064
Men's 10000 metres	32nd	0.004
		0.068

Kawasaki Eiichi

represented Japan
Art Competitions

	1932	HP
Sculpture	ac	5.34
		5.34

Mitchell Kawasaki

B. 1950-03-04, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
Wrestling - Greco Roman

	1976	HP
Men's Light-Flyweight (-48 kg)	sixth	960
		960

Kawase Miyako

B. 1951-12-13, Tokyo, Japan
Luge

	1972	HP
Women's Singles	19th	2.4
		2.4

Kawase Tokie

B. 1968-09-25, represented Japan
Artistic Gymnastics

	1984	HP
Women's Individual Combined	R1:31st	-5.40
Women's Team Combined	sixth	160
		160.000004

Kawashima Kozo

B. 1926-09-26, Otaru, Hokk., Japan
Ski Jumping

	1952	HP
Men's Individual	42nd	0.00006
		0.00006

Kawashima Yoshiaki

B. 1934-05-10, represented Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1956	HP
Men's Marathon	fifth	1500
		1500

Kawatsu Kentaro

B. 1914-09-26, Hiroshima, Japan; D. 1970-03-24
Swimming (1 bronze)

	1932	HP
Men's 100m Backstroke	bronze	3840
		3840

Kawatsu Masanori

B. 1948-07-03, represented Japan
Fencing

	1976	HP
Men's Foil, Individual	R2:5th	0.053
Men's Foil, Team	R1:3rd	22.75
		22.803

Kawawa Shudo

B. 1965-09-07, represented Japan
Aquatics - Swimming

	1984	HP
Men's 100 m Butterfly	24th	0.16
Men's 200 m Butterfly	19th	1.6
		1.76

Kawazoe Hiroyuki

B. 1952-05-28, represented Japan
Modern Pentathlon

	1976	1980	1984	HP
Men's Individual	40th		29th	0.020125
Men's Team	12th		11th	26
				26.020125

Kawazu Koru

B. 1940-11-25, represented Japan
Athletics - Track & Field

	1964	HP
Men's Long Jump	QU:20th	1.5
		1.5

Zdzisław Szczęsny Kawecki Gozdawa

B. 1902-05-21, Warszawa, Poland, then part of Russia; D. 1940-04
Equestrianism - Eventing (1 silver)

	1936	HP
Three−Day Event, Individual	18	3.2
Three−Day Event, Team	silver	1000
		1003.2

Zygmunt Kawecki

B. 1942-11-06, Warszawa, Poland
Fencing

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Sabre, Team	fifth	fifth	500
			500

Jan Kawulok

B. 1946-01-27, Wisła, Poland
Nordic Combined

	1968	HP
Men's Individual	20th	1.5
		1.5

Stanisław Hubert Kawulok

B. 1953-11-02, Istebna, Poland
Nordic Combined

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Individual	dnf	26th	0.0984
			0.0984

Written 2017-04-18 - last modified 2024-04-16

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