Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Yasushi•Imamura |
Used name | Yasushi•Imamura |
Original name | 今村•安 |
Born | 30 January 1890 in ?, Yamanashi (JPN) |
Affiliations | Army Cavalry School, Funabashi (JPN) |
NOC | Japan |
Cavalry officer Yasushi Imamura studied at the Italian Cavalry School from 1929-31. While there, he won the high jumping competition of the Queen Yolanda Cup on Sunny Boy at the 1930 International Tournament in Torino. He later wrote a book on horse riding with an emphasis on the Italian school. Imamura also sold the horse Uranus to the eventual gold medalist Takeichi, Baron Nishi.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1932 Summer Olympics | Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) | JPN | Yasushi Imamura | |||
Individual, Men (Olympic) | Sonny Boy |