NAKAMURA Tomotaro

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2012	London, GBR	1:22.04
3	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2004	Athens, GRE	1:25.72
5	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2008	Beijing, CHN	1:25.34
7	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:23.46
World Championships
2	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2006	Durban, RSA	1:24.91
7	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:25.31
7	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2002	Mar del Plata, ARG	1:33.66
8	100m Breaststroke - SB6	2019	London, GBR	1:27.91
8	4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points	2006	Durban, RSA	5:04.95
18	50m Butterfly - S6	2002	Mar del Plata, ARG	53.90
Asian Para Games
2	100m Breaststroke - SB6	2018	Jakarta, INA	1:25.37
4	50m Butterfly - S5	2018	Jakarta, INA	46.58
8	50m Freestyle - S5	2018	Jakarta, INA	40.28

Tomo (IPC, 30 Nov 2009)

Driving. (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019)

Athlete, Office Worker

Humanities - Taisei Gakuin University, Sakai, JPN

Japanese

Hisaka [Japan]

Takumi Uegaki [national], JPN

2002 for Japan (Athlete, 25 Aug 2012)

He had an operation on the meniscus cartilage in both knees in 2009. It took a year for him to recover and he had to learn a new swimming technique to minimise the stress on his knees. (urano.cocolog-nifty.com, 03 Sep 2012; sponichi.co.jp, 03 Sep 2012)

He began swimming at age four in Kobe, Japan. (Athlete, 06 Sep 2016)

His parents originally wanted him to learn to swim for water safety reasons, and he progressed from there. (Athlete, 12 Jul 2015; pref.wakayama.lg.jp, 21 Nov 2010)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (tsunahiro.com, 17 Jan 2017)

Winning a bronze medal in the SB7 100m breaststroke at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, and a silver medal in the same event at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019)

Coach Takuto Masuwa (Athlete, 12 Jul 2015; bs-asahi.co.jp, 27 Apr 2019)

"Swimming is my friend. It doesn't give me fear, but a lot of joy." (fnn.jp, 02 Dec 2018)

In April 2021, he took part in the torch relay for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, when he carried the torch in Hashimoto, Japan. (sports.nhk.or.jp, 10 Apr 2021; Facebook page, 10 Apr 2021)

In 2019 he was given the Wakayama Prefecture Sports Award in Japan. (Wakayama Prefecture Swimming Federation Facebook page, 12 Feb 2019)

In 2017 he received the Hyogo Prefecture Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (hyogo-c.ed.jp, 02 Feb 2017)

He received the Osaka City Sports Award in Japan in 2004 and 2012. (krtd.exblog.jp, 02 Oct 2012; namihaya-sports.net, 09 Oct 2004)

In 2012 he was presented with the Hashimoto Citizen Honorary Prize in Japan. (chw.jp, 06 Dec 2012)