Kenji Onuma (Japanese: 大沼賢治, born 12 March 1931) is a Japanese retired lightweight weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1958 Asian Games. In that same year, he set an unofficial world record in the

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

. Onuma placed fourth in weightlifting in the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

and competed in weightlifting in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

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* 1931 births Possibly living people Japanese male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Japan Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Weightlifters at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture {{Japan-weightlifting-bio-stub