was a Japanese

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

who competed mainly in the pole vault. He won a bronze medal at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

held in Berlin, Germany, tying with his teammate

Shuhei Nishida was a Japanese Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.''Olympia'', filmed by Leni Riefenstahl. On their return to Japan, Nishida and Ōe had their Olympic medals cut in half, and had a jeweler splice together two new “friendship medals”, half in bronze and half in silver. In 1937 Ōe set a national record at 4 m 35 cm that stood for 21 years. In 1939 he joined the Imperial Japanese Army and was killed in action in Luzon on December 24, 1941.舞鶴出身オリンピック選手　プロフィール
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1914 births 1941 deaths Japanese military personnel killed in World War II Japanese male pole vaulters Olympic male pole vaulters Olympic athletes of Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Japan Championships in Athletics winners Imperial Japanese Army personnel of World War II Imperial Japanese Army officers 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub