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Masayo Ōsawa

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Masayo Ōsawa
Reiko Ōsawa and Masayo Ōsawa (right) at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1913-04-28)April 28, 1913
Fukuoka, Japan
DiedJanuary 1946 (aged 32)
Shenyang, China
Sport
SportDiving

Masayo Ōsawa (Japanese: 大沢 政代, Hepburn: Ōsawa Masayo, April 28, 1913 – January 1946)[1] was a Japanese diver. She competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished sixth in the 3 m springboard and 14th in the 10 m platform competition. Her sister Reiko Ōsawa also competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]

During World War II Ōsawa served in the Japanese Army as a nurse and died of an illness six months after the end of military operations in Northern China.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Masayo Ōsawa at Olympedia (archive)
  2. ^ Masayo Osawa. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Andreas Niehaus; Christian Tagsold (2013). Sport, Memory and Nationhood in Japan: Remembering the Glory Days. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-71216-7.