(December 18, 1932 – May 9, 2010) was a Japanese

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er and sports administrator. He set a low-altitude

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in the triple jump in 1956 at the Japanese Olympic Trials, and finished eighth at the

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while having an ankle injury. He retired early from the sport and became the

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coach for the

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(JAAF), leading teams to the Olympics from

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. His selection decisions in the

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were the subject of national debate in 1988 and 1992. He later became the vice president of both the JAAF and the Japanese Olympic Committee. He was decorated with a third class

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in 2005 for his contribution to

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in Japan.

Career

Triple jumper

Born in

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, Kogake began to compete in the triple jump while at

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– the

event had gained much popularity in Japan through Olympic gold medallists Mikio Oda,

Chūhei Nambu was a Japanese track and field athlete. , he is the only person to have held world records in both the long jump and the triple jump. Biography The first results known for Nambu are from the mid-1920s. He was a member of the Japanese Olympic te ...

, and Naoto Tajima.Former triple jump world record, 照二小掛's death
. Asahi Shimbun (May 10, 2010). Retrieved on 2010-06-04. He graduated from Waseda University in

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and continued to practice the event.Teruji Kogake passes away

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(May 10, 2010). Retrieved on 2010-06-04. At the 1956 Japanese Championships, which served as the Olympic Trials, he jumped what was then considered a

distance of 16.48 m, adding some 20 cm onto the previous mark (

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had jumped 16.56 m in March 1955, but this had been achieved in

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and had been aided by the high altitude). Kogake's success came with a penalty in the form of an ankle injury which impeded his performance at the

. He finished in eighth position, with a best jump of 15.64 m, while da Silva won the

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with a mark of 16.35 m.Official 1956 Olympic report
.

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. Retrieved on June 4, 2010.

Sports administration

After retiring from competitive

, Kogake took up administration roles within the

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(JAAF). He was the track and field coach for the Japanese team at the

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, and went on to coach at the

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and

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. Kogake became a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) in 1983. His decisions for the Olympic

came under public criticism when he preferred to pick athletes on past performance rather than performances at selection events – first with

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for the

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, and then with his choice of

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over

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for the

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.Ex-triple jumper Kogake dies
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'' (May 11, 2010). Retrieved on 2010-06-04. He became the

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of the JAAF in 1995 and held the same position at the JOC from 1999 to 2003. Kogake acted as the head of the delegation at the

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and

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

. He was honoured at the Imperial Palace in 2005 by being awarded a third class

(Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon). He was made the Honorary Vice President of the JAAF. Kogake died of liver failure at a Tokyo hospital on May 9, 2010.

Competition record

References

External links

Japanese Olympic Committee
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