TAKAHASHI Kotaro

Date of Birth: 15 Mar 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.84/6'0''

Place of birth: SHIZUOKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay JPN Japan

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (7:09.23)

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

Occupation:

Armed Forces, Athlete

National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Japan

Languages spoken:

Japan Self-Defence Forces [JSDF] Physical Training School [Japan]

Norimasa Hirai [national], JPN

National team:

2019 (the-ans.jp, 04 Jul 2019)

He began the sport in kindergarten. (sponichi.co.jp, 05 Jun 2019)

He was influenced by his father who was involved in swimming. (sponichi.co.jp, 05 Jun 2019; the-ans.jp, 04 Jul 2019)

To compete in the 200m freestyle at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (mod.go.jp, 08 May 2020)

General Interest

General
MILITARY TRAINING
When he entered the Japan Self-Defence Forces [JSDF] Physical Training School in 2016, he had to receive military training in order to receive an exemption so he could continue his sporting career. He took a break from swimming for about six months while he underwent the training. (the-ans.jp, 04 Jul 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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