Kiefer, A.

Japanese: キーファー,A. - きーふぁー
Kiefer, A.

...The United States produced young swimmers such as W. Keloha, W. Laufer, and G. Kojak, but in 1928, at the international competition held at Tamagawa Pool in Tokyo, Toshio Irie won the 200m against world record holder Laufer, beating Laufer by 3m and setting a new world record of 2 minutes 37.8 seconds. Four years later, at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, Shoji Kiyokawa, Irie, and Kentaro Kawazu won the 100m backstroke, taking the gold, silver, and bronze medals. However, at the 11th Berlin Olympics, A. Kiefer of the United States won the gold medal and also invented the somersault turn (Kiefer turn), breaking world records one after another. After World War II, the United States showed overwhelming strength at both the London and Helsinki Olympic Games, but at the Melbourne and Rome Olympics, D. Tile and J. Monckton of the emerging Australian team performed well.

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Japanese:

…アメリカにはW.ケーロハ,W.ラウファー,G.コジャックら若手選手が輩出したが,28年東京・玉川プールで開かれた国際競技会の200mで世界記録保持者のラウファーと対戦した入江稔夫はラウファーに3mの大差をつけ2分37秒8の世界新記録で優勝,4年後のロサンゼルス・オリンピック大会の100m背泳では清川正二,入江,河津憲太郎が金,銀,銅メダルを独占した。しかし第11回ベルリン大会ではアメリカのA.キーファーが金メダルを取り,また,トンボ返りターン(キーファーターン)をあみ出し世界記録を次々と塗り替えた。 第2次大戦後もアメリカはロンドン,ヘルシンキ両オリンピック大会で圧倒的な強さを見せたが,メルボルン,ローマ大会では新興オーストラリアのD.タイル,J.モンクトンが活躍した。…

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