Mitsutake Makita

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMitsutake•Makita
Used nameMitsutake•Makita
Original name牧田•光武
Born1908 in Aleksandrovsk, Sakhalin (RUS)
Measurements168 cm / 59 kg
AffiliationsKarafuto Chuo Club, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (RUS)
NOC Japan

Biography

Mitsutake Makita was born in the northern (then Russian) part of Sakhalin. He won the ski jumping event at the 1929 and 1931 All Japan Ski Championships, which earned him a place on the Japanese team for the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid. A fall in the second round prevented him from placing better than 28th.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Winter Olympics Ski Jumping (Skiing) JPN Mitsutake Makita
Large Hill, Individual, Men (Olympic) 28