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Medal record
Hideko Maehata
Competitor for  Japan
Women's Swimming
Gold	1936 Berlin	200 m breaststroke
Silver	1932 Los Angeles	200 m breaststroke

Hideko Maehata (前畑 秀子, Maehata Hideko ^?, May 20, 1914 in Wakayama - February 24, 1995) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. She won gold medal for the Women's 200 m breaststroke in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and silver medal for the Women's 200 m breaststroke in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

She was the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Olympics.

She was born in Hashimoto, northeastern Wakayama, Japan.

Competitive highlights

• 1932 Olympics 200 m breaststroke - 3:06.4
• 1936 Olympics 200 m breaststroke - 3:03.6

External links

• Japanese Olympic Committee databese
• profile