Yoshiyuki Tsuruta

Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (Japanese鹤 田 义 行, born November 1, 1903 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, † 24 July 1986) was a Japanese swimmer.

He won at the Olympics in 1928 and at the 1932 Olympic Games in each case the gold medal over 200 m breaststroke. He later became a coach and coached among others Yoshihiko Osaki, who in Rome won the silver medal over this distance at the 1960 Olympic Games. In 1968 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the international swimming sport.