is a retired Japanese weightlifter and

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Lieutenant. He won one silver and two gold medals at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished fourth in 1972. He also won world titles in 1962, 1963 and 1965–66. Between 1959 and 1969 Miyake set 25 official world records, including 10 consecutive records in the snatch and nine consecutive records in the total. In 1993 he was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame. Miyake was known for his signature "frog style" or "Miyake pull" lifting technique, in which he kept his heels together with knees spread outward to about 60 degrees with a wide grip on the bar, resembling a frog. After retiring from competitions Miyake coached the national weightlifting team. His brother Yoshiyuki Miyake and niece

Hiromi Miyake , born 18 November 1985) is a Japanese retired weightlifter. In the 48kg category, she won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and won bronze at the 2016 Olympics. Her father and coach is Yoshiyuki Miyake, who was a bronze medallist in weightli ...

also won Olympic medals in weightlifting. All three were shorter than 1.56 m. Miyake took part in the opening ceremony of the

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as one of the flagbearers of the flag of Japan.

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* 1939 births Living people Sportspeople from Miyagi Prefecture Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel Japanese male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Japan Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in weightlifting Hosei University alumni Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class Recipients of the Medal of Honor (Japan) Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists {{Japan-weightlifting-bio-stub