Hideko mahata biography
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Hideko Maehata
Japanese swimmer (1914–1995)
Hideko Maehata at the 1936 Olympics | |
| Full name | 前畑 秀子 |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | (1914-05-20)May 20, 1914 Hashimoto, Wakayama, Japan |
| Died | February 24, 1995(1995-02-24) (aged 80) |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | breaststroke |
Hideko Maehata (前畑 秀子, Maehata Hideko, May 20, 1914 – February 24, 1995) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer and the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Olympics.[1][2]
Maehata was born in Hashimoto, Wakayama, as the daughter of a tofu producer and as a child learned to swim in the Kinokawa River.
Japan competed at the Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.
In the fifth grade of elementary school, she set an unofficial youth record for the 50-meter breaststroke. She went on to win numerous competitions, and was sponsored to attend a women’s boarding school in Nagoya which specialized in swimming, but the sudden death of her parents in 1931 forced her to return home.
Yet she was selected for the Japanese O