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{{Short description|Japanese swimmer (1916–1989)}}
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| fullname       =宮崎 康二
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| birth_date     = {{birth date|1916|10|15}}
| birth_place    = [[Kosai, Shizuoka]], [[Japan]]
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{{MedalGold| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4x200 m freestyle]]}}
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{{nihongo|'''Yasuji Miyazaki'''|宮崎 康二|Miyazaki Yasuji}} (October 15, 1916 – December 30, 1989) was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] swimmer who competed at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]].

Miyazaki was born in [[Kosai, Shizuoka|Kosai]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. He was selected for the Japanese Olympic team for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics at the age of 15, and was one of the youngest members. In the semi-finals of the [[Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle event]], he surpassed the Olympic record previously set by American champion [[Johnny Weissmuller]] with a time of 58.2 seconds, and won the gold medal. The following day, as part of the team competing in the [[Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 × 200 m freestyle relay event]], he won a second gold medal, with the team setting a new world record of 8 minutes 58.4 seconds. After his return to Japan, he entered [[Keio University]] and retired from competitive sports.

==See also==
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]

==References==
*Killanin, Michael Morris. The Olympic games, 1984: Los Angeles and Sarajevo. John Rodda (1983) {{ISBN|0718123905}}
*Lohn, John. Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming. Scarecrow Press, (2010). {{ISBN|0810867753}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071024014124/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MIYAZYAS01 Profile at DatabaseOlympics]

{{Footer Olympic Champions 100 m Freestyle Men}}
{{Olympic Champions Swimming 4x200 m Men Freestyle Relay}}

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[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Shizuoka Prefecture]]
[[Category:Keio University alumni]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Japan]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Japanese male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen]]