What is Yukiaki Okabe?
[[File:Yukiaki Okabe.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Okabe in 1964]] {{nihongo|'''Yukiaki Okabe'''|岡部 幸明|Okabe Yukiaki|April 24, 1941 &ndash; January 26, 2018}} was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He was part of the Japanese teams that set a world record in 1963. Okabe won an Olympic bronze medal in 1964 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 1964 he also finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.<ref name=sref>{{cite web |title=Yukiaki Okabe |publisher=Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/yukiaki-okabe-1.html |access-date=2018-04-02 |archive-date=2012-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105094700/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/yukiaki-okabe-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Okabe died of [[pneumonia]] in [[Tokyo]] on January 26, 2018 at the age of 76.<ref>[http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20180130/swi18013010310001-n1.html 東京五輪銅メダリスト、岡部幸明氏が死去] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502105113/https://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20180130/swi18013010310001-n1.html |date=2020-05-02 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Japan-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Okabe, Yukiaki}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan]] [[Category:Japanese swimmers]]