is a retired Japanese freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 100 m and 4×200 m relay events at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won two silver medals in 1952. In the 100 m event in the 1952 Olympics, Hiroshi actually posted an identical time to the eventual gold medal winner, Clarke Scholes of the US. Officials used a judges decision to award Clarke Scholes the gold medal and Hiroshi Suzuki the silver medal. He won gold medals in these two events at the 1954 Asian Games.

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1933 births Living people Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan World record setters in swimming Japanese male freestyle swimmers Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1954 Asian Games Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub