Yukiaki Okabe

Japanese swimmer (1941–2018)

Yukiaki Okabe

Yukiaki Okabe (left) in 1964

Personal information

Born

(1941-04-24)April 24, 1941

Died

January 26, 2018(2018-01-26) (aged 76)
Tokyo, Japan

Height

1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

65 kg (143 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Medal record

Representing Japan

Olympic Games
	1964 Tokyo	4×200 m freestyle

Yukiaki Okabe (岡部幸明, Okabe Yukiaki, April 24, 1941 – January 26, 2018) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He was part of the Japanese teams that set a world record in 1963 and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1964 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 1964 he also finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.^[1]

Okabe died of pneumonia in Tokyo on January 26, 2018, at the age of 76.^[2]