Takashi Ishimoto

Japanese: 石本隆 - いしもとたかし
Takashi Ishimoto

…During the Helsinki Olympics, he injured his knee and was no longer able to do the frog-kneed butterfly stroke, so he invented the dolphin kick. Takashi Ishimoto learned this technique and improved it. However, at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, he lost to W. Jorzyk (USA) in a close match and only managed to win the silver medal. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Takashi Ishimoto" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼はヘルシンキ・オリンピック大会当時ひざを痛めて,カエル足のバタフライができなくなり,ドルフィンキックを考え出したという。この技術を石本隆が受けついで,技術を向上させた。しかし56年のメルボルン・オリンピック大会では,大接戦の末,W.ヨージク(アメリカ)に敗れて銀メダルに終わった。…

※「石本隆」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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