# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshi-oyakawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:17:38.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshi-oyakawa"
name: "Yoshi Oyakawa"
slug: "yoshi-oyakawa"
description: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa is an American former competition swimmer, 1952 Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in the 100-meter backstroke. He is considered to be the last of the great \"straight-arm-pull\" backstrokers. He still holds the world record in this technique."
tagline: "American swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yoshi_Oyakawa_at_the_Waikiki_Natatorium_War_Memorial_near_Kaimana_Beach.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1933-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.47710666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Йоши Оякава"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshi Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "یوشی اویاکاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%94"
    title: "יושינובו אויאקאווה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%95%BC%EC%B9%B4%EC%99%80_%EC%9A%94%EC%8B%9C%EB%85%B8%EB%B6%80"
    title: "오야카와 요시노부"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshi Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi_Oyakawa"
    title: "Yoshi Oyakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yoshinobu Oyakawa"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump