Shunpei Uto

Shunpei Uto
Jack Medica, Noboru Terada and Shunpei Uto (right) at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1918-12-01)1 December 1918
Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
Alma materRikkyo University
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin 1500 m freestyle

Shunpei Uto (鵜藤 俊平, Utō Shunpei, born 1 December 1918) was a Japanese former freestyle swimmer who won two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Uto endured much hardship after World War II and deposited both his medals to a pawnshop to get some money for living. He later found a job in general affairs at the Niigata Nippo company. After retiring he moved to Chiba Prefecture to do agriculture.[2]

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