Tsunekazu Takeda

is a Japanese athlete.  He is best known as an Equestrian who competed in two Summer Olympic Games.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), Tsunekazu Takeda ; retrieved 2012-7-26.  He is the current President of the Japanese Olympic Committee.Nippon Olympic Committee (NOC), Tsunekazu Takeda

Early life
Takeda was born on November 1, 1947 in Tokyo. He was the third son of Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda and his great-grandfather was Emperor Meiji.Reuters.com,  "Olympics-Japan chief Takeda elected to IOC,"  July 27, 2012; retrieved 2012-7-27.

He graduated from Keio University in 1970 with a degree in law.

Career
Takeda was a member of the Japanese team in the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich and the 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal.

He was a competitor in the All Japan Equestrian Championships in 1969, 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1982.

In 2001, he became president of the Japanese Olympic Committee. He is also an Executive Board member on the Olympic Council of Asia.

In July 2012, he was elected to be a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).Olympic.org,  "IOC Session votes on new members and Executive Board positions"; retrieved 2012-7-26.

Related pages
 Sports in Japan
 Japan at the Olympics

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