1. Tsunekazu Takeda is a Japanese businessman, retired Olympic equestrian and the former President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, stepping down on 21 March 2019 amidst a corruption investigation.
11 Facts About Tsunekazu Takeda
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Tsunekazu Takeda resigned as a member of the International Olympic Committee.
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Tsunekazu Takeda has been a keen horse rider through his whole life.
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Tsunekazu Takeda competed in show jumping at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in 16th and 13th place, respectively, with the Japanese team.
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In 1974, Tsunekazu Takeda caused a car accident and killed a 22-year-old woman.
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In 1975 his son, Tsunekazu Takeda Tsuneyasu was born; a far right YouTuber whose YouTube account was terminated in 2018 for hate speech violations.
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In 1987, Tsunekazu Takeda joined the Japanese Olympic Committee and became its president in October 2001.
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Tsunekazu Takeda has served as a vice-president of the International Equestrian Federation from 1998 to 2002, and was later made a Honorary Vice-president.
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Tsunekazu Takeda was sports director for the organizing committee of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
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Tsunekazu Takeda was elected twice as vice-president of the Olympic Council of Asia in 2001 and 2011.
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On March 19,2019, Tsunekazu Takeda announced that he would step down as President of the Japanese Olympic Committee and as a member of the International Olympic Committee amid the allegations of bribery to protect the Olympic Movement.