Kichizo Sasaki

Japanese sprinter (1912–1983)

Kichizo Sasaki
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1912-03-10)10 March 1912
Died	23 January 1983(1983-01-23) (aged 70)
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Event	100 metres

Kichizo Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木吉蔵, Hepburn: Sasaki Kichizō, 10 March 1912 – 23 January 1983) was a Japanese sprinter. He was selected for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics but had to drop out because of an injury.^[1] He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[2] He later worked at the Japanese Ministry of Education and was the starter for the 100 meter finals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "スポーツ" (in Japanese). Odate City Museum. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kichizo Sasaki Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2017.