Shunpei Hashioka

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameShunpei•Hashioka
Used nameShunpei•Hashioka
Original name橋岡•俊平
Other namesKozo Okamoto, 岡本曠三
Born7 July 1911 in Osaka, Osaka (JPN)
Died7 August 1978
AffiliationsHosei University, Tokyo (JPN)
NOC Japan

Biography

Shunpei Hashioka later changed his name to Kozo Okamoto. While attending Hosei University in Tokyo, he competed in boxing in the bantamweight class at the 1936 Berlin Olympics but lost on points in the quarterfinal. In the same year he won the All Japan Championship in this division .

Hashioka later served as vice chairman of the Japan Amateur Boxing Federation and as chairman of the Amateur Boxing Federations of the Kansai, Kinki, and Osaka regions. He died of acute pneumonia and renal failure at the age of 67.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Boxing JPN Shunpei Hashioka
Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) =5