Yasushi Imamura

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameYasushi•Imamura
Used nameYasushi•Imamura
Original name今村•安
Born30 January 1890 in ?, Yamanashi (JPN)
AffiliationsArmy Cavalry School, Funabashi (JPN)
NOC Japan

Biography

Cavalry officer Yasushi Imamura studied at the Italian Cavalry School from 1929-31. While there, he won the high jumping competition of the Queen Yolanda Cup on Sunny Boy at the 1930 International Tournament in Torino. He later wrote a book on horse riding with an emphasis on the Italian school. Imamura also sold the horse Uranus to the eventual gold medalist Takeichi, Baron Nishi.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) JPN Yasushi Imamura
Individual, Men (Olympic) Sonny Boy DNF