Taro Ueno

Taro Ueno (上野 太郎, Ueno Taro, born September 3, 1980 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] He represented Japan, along with his partner Tetsuya Matsunaga, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has also been training for Three Bond Sailing Team in Kyoto throughout his sporting career under his longtime coach and mentor Kenji Nakamura.[2]

Taro Ueno
Personal information
Full nameTaro Ueno
Nationality Japan
Born (1980-09-03) 3 September 1980
Fukuoka, Japan
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubThree Bond Sailing Team
CoachKenji Nakamura

Ueno qualified as crew member for the Japanese squad in the men's 470 class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.[3] Teaming up with skipper Matsunaga in the eleven-race series, the Japanese duo mounted a marvelous lead in the opening leg, but came up short for the medal with a net score of 97 and a seventh-place finish in a fleet of twenty-nine boats.[4][5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Taro Ueno". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. Boyd, James (3 October 2013). "Tight at the top". The Daily Sail. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. "Event Guide: Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470". 470 World Championships. 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  4. "Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  5. "Australians win both men's and women's 470 sailing". The Canadian Press. The Sports Network. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2014.


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