Kazue Kojima

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameKazue•Kojima
Used nameKazue•Kojima
Original name小島•一枝
Born30 October 1916 in Hashimoto, WakayamaJPN
Died1992
AffiliationsSugiyama High School — Nagoya, AichiJPN
NOCJapanJPN

Biography

Kazue Kojima started swimming in the nearby Kinokawa River. Her sixth place in the 400 m freestyle of the 1936 Olympics was the highest ranking for a Japanese female freestyle swimmer until the 2004 Olympics in Athena. Domestically, she won one Japanese Championship in the 100 m freestyle (1932) and three consecutively in the 200 m (1932-34). She was also a close friend of 1936 gold medalist Hideko Maehata who was also born in Hashimoto. A statue of Kazue Kojima was erected at her old high school in Nagoya.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) JPN Kazue Kojima
100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic) 16
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic) Japan 5
1936 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) JPN Kazue Kojima
100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic) 12
400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic) 6
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic) Japan 8