Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Hiroshima, Japan | 30 March 1914
Died | September 1941 China | (aged 27)
Sport | |
Sport | Water polo |
Takimi Wakayama (若山滝美, Wakayama Takimi, 30 March 1914 – September 1941) was a Japanese water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [1] Conscripted to fight in the Second Sino-Japanese War, he died of typhoid fever on the frontlines in 1941. [2]