Atsuko Nambu
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Sport
Country Japan
SportAthletics
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1954 Manila 100 m
Silver medal – second place 1954 Manila 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1954 Manila 4×100 m
Silver medal – second place 1954 Manila Long jump

Atsuko Nambu is a Japanese athlete. She won a gold medal in the individual 100 metres and silver medals in the 4 × 100 m relay, individual 200 metres and long jump in the 1954 Asian Games.[1][2][3] Her deportment at the Asian Games helped to prevent disruption by Filipino spectators still seething from the brutal massacre by Japanese military forces in Manila during the last days of the occupation of the Philippines just nine years before. For her action, she was dubbed by Filipinos “sweetheart of the Games”.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ "Atsuko Nambu". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Asian Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Sport: Second Asiad". Time. 17 May 1954. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ Arboleda, Amadio (2022). Mabuting Loob Atsuko Nambu: A Filipino Memory. Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press. ISBN 9786214481835.
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