Seishichi Inuma
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Seishichi•Inuma |
| Used name | Seishichi•Inuma |
| Original name | 井沼•清七 |
| Born | 27 July 1907 in Nakasato, Nakadomari, Aomori (JPN) |
| Died | 1 October 1973 |
| Affiliations | Waseda University, Tokyo (JPN) |
| NOC |  Japan |
Biography
Seishichi Inuma attended 1st Waseda Senior High School. With the team of the Waseda Athletic Club, he was most successful as a relay runner. Together with sprinters and jumpers like Shigetoshi Osawa, Mikio Oda, and Chuhei Nanbu, Inuma won the Japanese Championship in 1927 and set various national records. At Amsterdam in 1928, however, the Japanese relay team with Inuma was unable to advance to the final.
After retiring from active sports, Inuma became a track & field coach and managing director of the Japan Athletics Federation. As a businessman, he worked as managing director of Matsuzakaya department stores. A statue of Inuma, showing him at the start, was erected in 1995 in a sports park in his hometown of Nakadomari.
Personal Best: 100 - 10.7 (1932).
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 Summer Olympics | Athletics | JPN |
Seishichi Inuma | |||
| 4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) | Japan | 3 h3 r1/2 |