Takeshi Matsuda
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Full name | Takeshi Matsuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nobeoka, Miyazaki | June 23, 1984|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Takeshi Matsuda (
Career[edit]
Early years[edit]
Matsuda was born in the rural town of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, where he began swimming at the age of 4 at a local pool. Since then, he has trained with the same coach, Yumiko Kuze, a rare female coach in the world of men's swimming.[3] She was a swimmer in her youth and began as a volunteer coach at the local pool (personal interview).
2004 Olympics[edit]
At the 2004 Olympic Games, Matsuda placed 8th in the 400 m freestyle final.
2008 Olympics[edit]
In the final of the men's 200m butterfly at the 2008 Olympics, he finished 3rd to claim bronze. He came behind Michael Phelps and László Cseh, with a time of 1:52.97, an Asian record.
2012 Olympics[edit]
At the 2012 Olympics, Matsuda won two medals. He defended his bronze medal in the 200 meter butterfly and swam the butterfly leg for Japan's silver medal-winning relay team in the 4 × 100 meter medley relay with Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Kitajima, and Takuro Fujii. He also swam the 100 meter butterfly, where he tied for sixteenth in the heats and subsequently lost a swim-off with Benjamin Starke of Germany, shutting him out of the semifinals.
2016 Olympics[edit]
At his final Olympics,[4] Matsuda won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.
Personal bests[edit]
In long course
- 400m freestyle: 3:44.99 Former Japanese Record (August 9, 2008)
- 800m freestyle: 7:49.65 Japanese Record (April 19, 2009)
- 200m butterfly: 1:52.97 Asian Record (August 13, 2008)
In short course
- 200m butterfly: 1:49.50 Former Japanese Record (November 12, 2011)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "FINA World Cup, Tokyo: Takeshi Matsuda Rattles 200 Fly World Record During Day One Finals". 12 November 2011.
- ^ "Takeshi Matsuda - Swimming - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
- ^ Race, Loretta (September 2, 2016). "Japanese Stalwart Takeshi Matsuda Set To Retire This Month". Swimswam. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
External links[edit]
- Takeshi Matsuda at World Aquatics
- Takeshi Matsuda at Olympedia
- Takeshi Kojima, Greenhouse to Water Cube / Matsuda's unorthodox training bears fruit in Beijing, / Yomiuri Shimbun, 14 August 2008
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for Japan
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Sportspeople from Miyazaki Prefecture
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Japanese male butterfly swimmers
- Japanese male freestyle swimmers
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Japanese people
- 21st-century Japanese people