Kenkichi Oshima
Kenkichi Oshima in 1932
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| Native name | 大島 鎌吉 | |||||||||
| Nationality | Japan | |||||||||
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November 10, 1908 Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan |
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| Died | March 30, 1985 (aged 76). | |||||||||
| Alma mater | Kansai University | |||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | Triple Jump | |||||||||
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Kenkichi Oshima (大島 鎌吉 Ōshima Kenkichi?, November 10, 1908 – March 30, 1985) was a Japanese triple jumper who won a bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was the flag bearer for Japan at the 1936 Games in Berlin.
Ōshima was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. While still a student, he set a new unofficial world record for the triple jump, and was widely expected to secure the gold medal in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. However, Ōshima suffered from severe burns in a bathing accident shortly before the start of the Olympics, and was not in the best form for the competition. He finished third with a jump of 15.12 meters behind the teammate Chuhei Nambu who took gold. Ōshima also participated in the same event in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but came in sixth place, while teammates Naoto Tajima and Masao Harada took the gold and silver medals, respectively.
Fluent in the German language, during the Berlin Olympics, Ōshima had a 20-minute interview of Adolf Hitler, who apparently mistook Ōshima for a Japanese military attache of the same surname. Ōshima asked Hitler many questions on Nazi initiatives to improve on the physical education of German youth.
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