Ryo Mabuchi (馬淵良, 12 March 1933 – 22 November 2021) was a Japanese diver who won the 10 platform event at the 1958 Asian Games. Together with his wife Kanoko Tsutani-Mabuchi, he competed in the springboard and platform at the

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and

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 ...

and placed 12th–18th. His daughter

Yoshino Mabuchi Yoshino Mabuchi (馬淵よしの, born February 2, 1966) is a retired Japanese diver who won bronze medals in the 3 m springboard and 10 platform events at the 1982 Asian Games. She placed ninth in the platform at the 1984 Summer Olympics and c ...

also became an Olympic diver. Mabuchi died of

emphysema Emphysema, or pulmonary emphysema, is a lower respiratory tract disease, characterised by air-filled spaces ( pneumatoses) in the lungs, that can vary in size and may be very large. The spaces are caused by the breakdown of the walls of the alve ...

on 22 November 2021, at the age of 88.馬淵良さん死去　元飛び込み五輪代表

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