NAKAMURA Katsumi

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (22.13)	H (48.61)	8th (3:14.48)	5th (3:31.97)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	4x100Free M	4x100Free X	4x100Medley M
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (22.41)	SF (48.45)	H (3:14.16)	7th (3:24.67)	4th (3:30.35)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (22.32)	H (49.10)	5th (3:13.65)	4th (3:24.78)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	SF (22.15)	H (49.07)	6th (3:15.04)	-	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M
2018	Indonesia	2nd (22.20)	2nd (48.72)	1st (3:12.68)	2nd

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M
2018	Tokyo, JPN	4th (22.24)	6th (48.49)	3rd (3:12.54)	2nd (3:30.25)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M
2016	Tokyo, JPN	1st (22.03)	2nd (48.77)	2nd (3:17.25)	2nd (3:35.48)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	4x50Free M	4x50Free X	4x100Free	4x100Medley
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	SF (21.26)	7th (46.57)	6th (1:24.69)	4th (1:29.51)	6th (3:07.87)	3rd (3:21.07)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Aroma Prince [he always takes aromatic goods, including fabric conditioner for laundry, when he travels]. (hochi.co.jp, 05 Jul 2015)

Watching videos about swimmers from different countries. (asics.com, 15 Nov 2018)

Athlete

Sport Studies - Waseda University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Itoman Toshin [Japan]

Norimasa Hirai [national], JPN; Yuki Okajima [personal], JPN, from 2020

His training was disrupted by a left shoulder injury in mid 2019. (swimswam.com, 29 Jul 2020; nhk.or.jp, 06 Sep 2019)

In April 2018 he injured his wrist. (swimswam.com, 29 Jul 2020; olympicchannel.com, 20 Jul 2019)

He took up swimming in grade five of primary school. (digital.asahi.com, 11 May 2015)

He wanted to become a swimmer to make his mother happy after she had to give up her aspiration to work as a lifeguard due to a traffic accident. He then gave up judo and football to concentrate on the sport. (swimswam.com, 29 Jul 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nhk.or.jp, 06 Sep 2019)

Japanese swimmer Shinri Shioura. (wasedasports.com, 17 Aug 2014)

His mother Ritsuko. (dogatch.jp, 23 Jul 2019)

"Swimming is like a game for me, so I enjoy it like playing a game." (Polyvalent YouTube channel, 03 Jul 2016)

He received an Excellence Award and an Arena Sprint Award at the Japan Aquatics Awards in 2018, 2017 and 2016. (swim.or.jp, 29 Jan 2019, 22 Jan 2018; tobiuojapan.org, 23 Jan 2018, 30 Jan 2017)