Norio Fujimura

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameNorio•Fujimura
Used nameNorio•Fujimura
Original name藤村•紀雄
Born14 November 1914
AffiliationsWaseda University, Tokyo (JPN)
NOC Japan

Biography

While attending Waseda University, Norio Fujimura won the yacht race in the “Officer A Class” at the Tokyo Port Festival, which earned him the place on the Japanese team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was in Hiroshima when the atom bomb was dropped and may have died from the aftereffects.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Sailing JPN Norio Fujimura
One Person Dinghy, Open (Olympic) 22