Ichiya Kumagae Tennis player

Ichiya "Ichy" Kumagae (熊谷 一弥, Kumagai Ichiya, 10 September 1890 – 16 August 1968) was a Japanese tennis player and the first Japanese Olympic medalist.

Personal facts

Ichiya Kumagae
Birth dateSeptember 10, 1890
Birth place
Ōmuta Fukuoka , Japan Davis Cup team
Date of deathAugust 16, 1968
Place of death
Ōmuta Fukuoka , Japan Davis Cup team
Height (meters)1.66

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Tennis player

playsLeft-handed (1-handed backhand)

Topical connections

Akiko MorigamiTennis player
Ai SugiyamaTennis player
Àlex CorretjaTennis player
Akihiko HoshideAstronaut
Émile MoureauAthlete

Ichiya Kumagae on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/TilTenn.html
  2. http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10003838
  3. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/oltennis.shtml#msing
  4. http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_34030_original.PDF