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Kosuke Kitajima

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Kosuke Kitajima (北島 康介, Kitajima Kōsuke; born September 22, 1982) is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at consecutive Olympic games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kosuke Kitajima is the 310th most popular swimmer (down from 230th in 2019), the 3,006th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,104th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Kosuke Kitajima ranks 310 out of 709. Before him are Nina Zhivanevskaya, Carolyn Waldo, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Ben Proud, Martina Moravcová, and Manuela Stellmach. After him are Ryan Lochte, Gail Neall, Tom Dean, Robert Finke, Nancy Hogshead-Makar, and Camelia Potec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Kosuke Kitajima ranks 618. Before him are Adriano Pereira da Silva, Joel Lundqvist, Hannah Ware, Joe Cheng, Kanstantsin Sivtsov, and Diana Taurasi. After him are Dascha Polanco, Mohammed Bijeh, Mikaël Roche, Souleymane Camara, Moïse Brou Apanga, and Sabrina.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kosuke Kitajima ranks 3,013 out of 6,245. Before him are Michihiro Tsuruta (1968), Masahiko Inoha (1985), Koichi Sugiyama (1971), Mei Nagano (1999), Shinichi Muto (1973), and Jessica Michibata (1984). After him are Yuka Iguchi (1988), Yoshinori Sembiki (1964), Masaya Honda (1973), Hideaki Kitajima (1978), Takamitsu Ota (1970), and Nobuyuki Tsujii (1988).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Kosuke Kitajima ranks 9. Before him are Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), Hideko Maehata (1914), Katsuo Takaishi (1906), Shiro Hashizume (1928), and Daichi Suzuki (1967). After him are Ai Shibata (1982), Kosuke Hagino (1994), Daiya Seto (1994), Ryosuke Irie (1990), Reiko Nakamura (1982), and Takeshi Matsuda (1984).

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