Mikio Oda

Mikio Oda

Personal information
Native name	織田 幹雄
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1905-03-30)March 30, 1905 Hiroshima, Japan
Died	December 2, 1998(1998-12-02) (aged 93). Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Alma mater	Waseda University
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Waseda University, Tokyo
Medal record Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1928 Amsterdam Triple jump Far Eastern Championship Games 1923 Osaka Triple jump 1923 Osaka Long jump 1923 Osaka High jump 1925 Manila Triple jump 1927 Shanghai Triple jump 1927 Shanghai Long jump 1927 Shanghai Decathlon 1930 Tokyo Triple jump 1930 Tokyo Long jump 1930 Tokyo Pole vault

Mikio Oda (織田 幹雄, Oda Mikio^?, March 30, 1905 – December 2, 1998) was a Japanese athlete and the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist. He was the first Asian Olympic champion in an individual event.

Oda was a native of what is now part of Hiroshima city. At the age of 17, he set a new Japanese record for the triple jump at the 1923 Far Eastern Championship Games held in Osaka, and also won the long jump and high jump events. He was selected as a member of the Japanese Olympic team for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, participating in all three events. However, he failed to reach the semifinals in the long jump and high jump, and placed sixth in the triple jump competition.

On his return to Japan, he enrolled at Waseda University, but returned to compete in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Although he again did not reach the semifinals in the long jump and high jump, he won the triple jump event with a result of 15.21 meters, becoming the first Japanese athlete to win an Olympic gold medal.

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