Emerick Ishikawa

Emerick Ishikawa (born 23 October 1920; died 26 November 2006) was a Japanese-American weightlifter.[1][2][3] In 1940 he moved from Hawaii to California to train in weightlifting, but he was placed in a Japanese internment camp at Tule Lake.[4] He continued to do weightlifting in the camp, however, and even organized a weightlifting club within it.[4]

In 1944 he set a world record in the bantamweight class at the United States National Weightlifting Championships.[3] He won AAU championships as a bantamweight in 1944 and 1945, and as a featherweight in 1946 and 1947.[4] In 1947 he also won a bronze medal in the featherweight class at that year's world championships.[4]

He was initially not allowed to compete in the 1945 senior nationals due to being Japanese-American, but was eventually allowed to, though he had to do so outside the stadium.[2]

He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not win any medals.[5][6]

In 1975 he was inducted into the United States's National Weightlifting Hall of Fame.[3]

In 1999 he was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Emerick Ishikawa Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  2. 1 2 John D. Fair (1999). Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell. Penn State Press. pp. 99–. ISBN 0-271-04325-3.
  3. 1 2 3 Emerick K. Ishikawa. "Ishikawa, Emerick K. | Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame". Hawaiisportshalloffame.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Jonathan H. X. Lee (10 November 2017). Japanese Americans: The History and Culture of a People. ABC-CLIO. pp. 364–. ISBN 978-1-4408-4190-3.
  5. ↑ "Emerick ISHIKAWA - Olympic Weightlifting | United States of America". Olympic.org. 1920-10-23. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  6. ↑ "The Summer Olympics and Olympic Weight Lifting". Olympics.mu. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  7. ↑ "Inductees by Class Year | Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame". Hawaiisportshalloffame.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
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