Asa Dogura

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameAsa•Dogura (-Tajima)
Used nameAsa•Dogura
Original name土倉•麻
Born11 June 1914 in Kyoto, Kyoto (JPN)
Died20 April 2008 in Kamakura, Kanagawa (JPN)
Measurements162 cm / 48 kg
AffiliationsKyoto Girls Junior und Senior High School, Kyoto (JPN)
NOC Japan

Biography

Attending Kyoto Girls High School, Asa Dogura represented Japan at the Los Angeles Olympics, placing fifth with the Japanese 4x100 metre relay team. She later married fellow 1932 Olympian Naoto Tajima, who was to become gold medalist in the triple jump at the Berlin Olympics four years later. At the age of 93 Dogura died from cancer. She was said to be the model for a character in the novel The Fruit of Olympus published in 1940 by Hidemitsu Tanaka, well-known novelist and rowing Olympian.

Personal Best: 100 – 12.5 (1932).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Athletics JPN Asa Dogura
100 metres, Women (Olympic) 4 h4 r1/3
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women (Olympic) Japan 5

Olympic family relations