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Takeshi Matsuda

1984 - Today

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Takeshi Matsuda (松田 丈志, Matsuda Takeshi, born June 23, 1984) is a retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004, 2008 Olympics, 2012 Olympics, and 2016 Olympics, winning four medals. At the 2008 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 m butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takeshi Matsuda has received more than 53,954 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Takeshi Matsuda is the 469th most popular swimmer (down from 289th in 2019), the 3,386th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,914th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Takeshi Matsuda ranks 469 out of 709Before him are Andriy Govorov, Duncan Goodhew, Éva Risztov, Natalie Coughlin, Rafael Muñoz, and Manon van Rooijen. After him are Kristel Köbrich, Danas Rapšys, Pang Jiaying, Tomoru Honda, Jeff Rouse, and Maxime Grousset.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Takeshi Matsuda ranks 1,121Before him are Park Won-jae, Olga Kovalkova, Sacha Dhawan, Cecily Strong, Cristian Pulhac, and Saïdou Panandétiguiri. After him are Yuki Richard Stalph, Miķelis Rēdlihs, Yuliya Chekalyova, Senzo Meyiwa, Brian Dabul, and Annika Langvad.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeshi Matsuda ranks 3,386 out of 6,245Before him are Genki Omae (1989), Yōsuke Fujigaya (1981), Tomotaka Fukagawa (1972), Takanori Nunobe (1973), Genki Nakayama (1981), and Kana Kitahara (1988). After him are Kurumi Nara (1991), Koya Kitagawa (1996), Yoshikiyo Kuboyama (1976), Sakura Motoki (2002), Naoki Chiba (1977), and Yuji Ishikawa (1979).

Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Takeshi Matsuda ranks 17Before him are Kosuke Hagino (1994), Ryosuke Irie (1990), Yasuhiro Koseki (1992), Satomi Suzuki (1991), Rikako Ikee (2000), and Yui Ohashi (1995). After him are Tomoru Honda (2001), Aya Terakawa (1984), Ai Shibata (1982), Rie Kaneto (1988), Katsumi Nakamura (1994), and Reiko Nakamura (1982).