KAWAMOTO Takeshi

Date of Birth: 19 Feb 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.74/5'8''

Place of birth: SETO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOYOTA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Butterfly

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - Heat 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly
2015	Kazan, RUS	SF (23.74)	H (52.45)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	100Back	50Fly	100Fly	4x100Medley M
2016	Tokyo, JPN	3rd (54.39)	3rd (23.97)	3rd (52.77)	2nd (3:35.48)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly	4x50Free M	4x50Medley M	4x50Medley X	4x100Medley
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	5th (22.50)	6th (50.07)	6th (1:24.69)	-	4th (1:37.67)	3rd (3:21.07)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	8th (22.84)	6th (50.37)	-	4th (1:32.62)	3rd	3rd (3:24.71)

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

Listening to music, dancing. (toyotatimes.jp, 06 Apr 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Sports Science - Chukyo University, Japan

One daughter [2020]

Languages spoken:

Toyota Motor Corporation [Japan]

Norimasa Hirai [national], JPN; Yuichiro Sasaki [personal], JPN

He was sidelined for two months in 2017 due to a right elbow injury. (global.toyota, 26 Jul 2019)

He began the sport at age three at Meitetsu Swimming School in Japan. (nikkansports.com, 19 Aug 2012)

He was encouraged by his older brother. "When I was little, my feelings of not wanting to lose to my classmates was stronger than my desire to chase after my brother. I remember picking someone to compete against as a sort of motivation. I thought I must not lose to him." (toyotatimes.jp, 13 Apr 2021, 06 Apr 2021; nikkansports.com, 19 Aug 2012)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sponichi.co.jp, 09 Apr 2021; nikkansports.com, 07 Feb 2021)

He has copied training methods used by the New Zealand rugby union [15-a-side] team. "Weight training always reminded me of lifting heavy barbells. However, when I researched New Zealand's rugby players who can move agilely despite being so big, I found that they use a machine that helped them work on their speed by doing repeated lifts using light weights. Therefore I adopted that to my training." (toyotatimes.jp, 06 Apr 2021)

Singaporean swimmer Joseph Schooling. (toyotatimes.jp, 13 Apr 2021)

His parents and daughter. (chunichi.co.jp, 09 Apr 2021; global.toyota, 26 Jul 2019)

Philosophy:

"Do your best and let the heavens do the rest." (global.toyota, 26 Jul 2019)

In 2009 he received the Seto City Sports Achievement Award in Japan. (city.seto.aichi.jp, 11 Jan 2010)

General Interest

General
STRETCHING BENEFITS
He believes that his ability in butterfly is a result of the leg stretching exercises he has done since childhood. "My advantage is the kick. I think my legs are the ones to beat when it comes to the butterfly dolphin kicks, not only in Japan but also in the world. It may be because I have always stretched a lot since I was a kid, so my ankles became more and more flexible. Thanks to that, even though I was already naturally muscular to begin with, I was able to make my dolphin kicks even stronger as I gained more muscle. I think the propulsion of the dolphin kick helps me swim faster." (toyotatimes.jp, 13 Apr 2021)

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Legend

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

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