Yoshinori Sakai was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Yoshinori Sakai. Yoshinori Sakai at the ...
Yoshinori Sakai
Olympic athlete
Yoshinori Sakai was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Wikipedia
Born: August 6, 1945, Hiroshima, Japan
Died: September 10, 2014 (age 69 years), Tokyo, Japan
Spouse: Roko Sakai (m. ?–2014)
Yoshinori Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on 6 August 1945, the day of the atomic explosion, was chosen as the last torchbearer to symbolise peace.
Sakai won the 1966 Japanese title in the 400 metres and won a gold medal in the 4x400 relay and a silver in the 400 metres at the 1966 Asian Games. He later ...
Yoshinori Sakai, who was born two hours after the bomb exploded so close to his home village that his father saw the flash, will receive the Olympic torch.
Yoshinori Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima on the day the first atomic bomb devastated the city, lights the Olympic flame in Tokyo's main stadium...
Sep 11, 2014 ˇ Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the flame at the 1964 Olympic Games when he was 19. He died of a brain haemorrhage at a Tokyo hospital early Wednesday morning.
Aug 5, 2020 ˇ Yoshinori Sakai was born in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city.
Image of Yoshinori Sakai, born in Hiroshima on the day of the Atomic Bombing, lighting the Olympic flame to open the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
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