Takashi Yamamoto (swimmer)

Takashi Yamamoto (山本 貴司, Yamamoto Takashi, born July 23, 1978 in Osaka) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was also part of Japan's bronze medal-winning 4 × 100 m medley relay team.[1]

Takashi Yamamoto
Personal information
Full nameTakashi Yamamoto
Nationality Japan
Born (1978-07-23) July 23, 1978
Osaka, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubItoman Swimming School

Yamamoto also competed in the 100 m butterfly event, and qualified for the semifinals, but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final. The 2004 Games were Yamamoto's third Olympic Games. He had previously swum in the 1996 Olympic Games and 2000 Olympic Games, but did not receive a medal at either.

He married swimmer Suzu Chiba in 2002. They have four children together.[2]

References

  1. "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  2. "アクアみすみイベントアドバイザー 千葉 すず". Aqua Misumi (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-11-26.
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