Shizuo Mochizuki

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameShizuo•Mochizuki
Used nameShizuo•Mochizuki
Original name望月•倭夫
Born3 October 1909 in ?, Shizuoka (JPN)
AffiliationsTokyo Higher Normal School, Bunkyo (JPN)
NOC Japan

Biography

Shizuo Mochizuki was a Japanese track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault. In 1930 Mochizuki won silver in the event at the International University Games in Darmstadt, Germany, finishing second to compatriot Shuhei Nishida. While studying at the Tokyo Higher Normal School he was selected to compete at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics where he finished fifth with a best clearance of 4.000 metres.

Personal Best: PV – 4.00 (1931).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Athletics JPN Shizuo Mochizuki
Pole Vault, Men (Olympic) 5