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{{Short description|Japanese long and triple jumper}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=
|nickname=
|image=Chūhei Nambu 1932.jpg
| image_size     =250px
|caption=Chūhei Nambu at the 1932 Olympics
|birth_date= May 27, 1904 
|birth_place= [[Sapporo]], Hokkaido, Japan
| death_date = July 23, 1997 (aged 93)
| death_place = Suita, [[Osaka]], Japan
| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Athletics
|event= 100 m, [[long jump]], [[triple jump]]
|club=
|country={{JPN}}
|pb= 100 m – 10.5 (1933); LJ – 7.98 (1931); TJ – 15.72 (1932)<ref name=r1/><ref name=r4/> 
|alma_mater=
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold  | [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Chūhei Nambu'''|南部 忠平|Nanbu Chūhei|May 27, 1904 &ndash; July 23, 1997}} was a Japanese [[track and field]] athlete.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia - ChuheiNanbu |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72553 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=[[OlyMADMen]] |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, he is the only person to have held [[world record]]s in both the [[long jump]] and the [[triple jump]].

==Biography==
The first results known for Nambu are from the mid-1920s.<ref name=r4/>  He was a member of the Japanese Olympic team at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] in [[Amsterdam]], where he competed in three events.  His best performance came in the triple jump, where he placed fourth, while his countryman [[Mikio Oda]] won the gold.  In the long jump, he finished ninth, and his 4 × 100 m relay team was eliminated in the heats.<ref name=r1/>

Nambu's real breakthrough came in 1931.  After improving his Japanese record a few times, he landed a long jump just two cm short of 8 m, a new [[List of world records in athletics|world record]].  [[Jesse Owens]] broke the world record less than four years later but it stood as an Asian record until it was beaten by [[Hiroomi Yamada]] in 1970.

The next year, at the [[1932 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Games]], he was one of the favourites for the Olympic titles in both horizontal jumps. Nambu was disappointed with his third place in the long jump, but took revenge in the triple jump final, held a few days after the long jump. His winning mark of 15.72&nbsp;m set a new world record.  Thereby, Nambu became the first athlete to hold the world record in both horizontal jumps.  He retained both records until 1935, when he lost them to [[Jesse Owens]] (long jump) and [[Jack Metcalfe]] (triple jump).

Nambu was also a strong sprinter. He won the 100 m race at the 1930 and 1933 Japanese Championships and set a Japanese record at 10.6 seconds in 1931.<ref name=r1/>

After retiring from competitions Nambu became a [[sports journalist]] for ''[[Mainichi Shimbun]]''.  He also remained active in sports, being head coach for the Japanese Athletics Association, and acting as manager of the national team at the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo Olympics]].  In 1992, he was awarded the [[Olympic Order]] in silver by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC). He died of [[pneumonia]] aged 93.<ref name=r1/>

==References==
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<ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417073301/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/chuhei-nanbu-1.html Chuhei Nanbu]. sports-reference.com</ref>
<ref name=r4>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=4732&Gender=M Chuhei Nambu]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>
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{{Succession box|before=[[Mikio Oda]]|title=[[World record progression triple jump|Men's Triple Jump World Record Holder]]|years=1932-08-14 – 1935-12-14|after=[[Jack Metcalfe]]}}
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{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's 100 metres champions}}
{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's long jump champions}}
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