Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (山 中 毅Japanese, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, born January 18, 1939 in Wajima ) is a former Japanese swimmer and Olympic athletes. He won at the Asian Games 1958 in Tokyo, capital of his home country, two gold medals. Make the greatest success of his career dar. are legendary Yamanaka's appearances at the Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 and in Rome in 1960. He secured in each case two silver medals, but was defeated in all these four races from the Australian Murray Rose, respectively, of the Australian season with Rose. However, both athletes participated this situation with humor and Rose, who was born twelve days before Yamanaka, extreme jokingly, the Japanese would let him go first because he had respect for age.

Yamanaka coaches used the so-called pebble method to inspire his protégé. Showed this in their exercises only moderate participation, the coach gave him a small stone at the back as a sign that he was watching him closely. After completion of the training Yamanaka had to go to the pool bottom the stones.

In 1983, Yamanaka was the Amateur Athletic Union Championships also won over 200 and 400 meters freestyle, taken as a recognition of his achievements in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

International Records

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka held during his playing days and had numerous Japanese records with 2:03,00 minutes held the world record in the 200 -meter freestyle on August 22, 1958 to January 16, 1959. On 22 August 1959, he brought him back and undercut in subsequent years, his own record three times until 2:00,4 minutes before he lost it on April 21, 1963. July 26, 1959 to February 23, 1960, he stopped in 4:16,60 minutes the world record also double the distance and with the squadron of 22 July 1959 to July 23, 1960 and April 21, 1963 to August 10, 1963 the world best 4 x 200 meter freestyle

Yamanaka also presented on American records for 200 and 400 freestyle at the Amateur Athletic Union Championships.