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Takimi Wakayama

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Takimi Wakayama
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born(1914-03-30)30 March 1914
Hiroshima, Japan
DiedSeptember 1941(1941-09-00) (aged 27)
China
Sport
SportWater polo

Takimi Wakayama (若山滝美, Wakayama Takimi, 30 March 1914 – September 1941) was a Japanese water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] Conscripted to fight in the Second Sino-Japanese War, he died of typhoid fever on the frontlines in 1941.[2]

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Takimi Wakayama Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Takimi Wakayama". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2020.