High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yoshinobu "Yoshi" Oyakawa (born August 9, 1933) was a backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the 100m Backstroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He is considered to be the last of the great "straight-arm-pull" backstrokers. The youngest of three children, Oyakawa was raised in Papaikou, Hawaii. He attended Kalaianaole Elementary and Intermediate School. He graduated from Hilo High School in 1951. Oyakawa was selected in the High School and College All-American Swimming Team. From 1951 – 1956, he was on the A.A.U. All-American Swim Team. While at the Ohio State University, from 1952–1956, Oyakawa dominated backstroke at the high levels of Big Ten, NCAA, and National A.A.U. So dominating, he held American, Olympic and World Records in the backstroke event. In 1955, Oyakawa graduated with a degree in Physical Education. A year later in Melbourne Australia, as an Air Force Second Lieutenant, he and his Ohio State teammate Ford Konno were voted team captains of the 22-member American Men's Olympic Swim Team.

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