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Masato Sakai

1995 - Today

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Masato Sakai (坂井 聖人, Sakai Masato; born 6 June 1995) is a Japanese swimmer who specializes in the men's 200 metre butterfly. He won the silver medal in the men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Sakai was in 6th position at the 150 mark, and finished 0.04 seconds behind Michael Phelps. At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Sakai finished 4th in the 200 metre butterfly, 0.14 seconds outside the medals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masato Sakai is the 616th most popular swimmer (down from 607th in 2019), the 4,962nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 4,249th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Masato Sakai ranks 616 out of 709. Before him are Susie O'Neill, Ferry Weertman, Sarah Köhler, Fernando Scheffer, Lara Grangeon, and Jay Litherland. After him are Sergey Fesikov, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Kylie Palmer, Cecilia Biagioli, Katerine Savard, and Katie Meili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Masato Sakai ranks 799. Before him are Youssouf Koné, Daeg Faerch, Jacob Murphy, Olivier Verdon, Will Hughes, and Jay Litherland. After him are Mustafizur Rahman, Bilal Başaçıkoğlu, Vladislav Larin, Léo Ceará, Yuki Kato, and Mourad Aliev.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masato Sakai ranks 4,975 out of 6,245. Before him are Masaki Watanabe (1986), Masato Fujita (1986), Yoshinori Katsumata (1985), Sakura Motoki (2002), Maasa Sudo (1992), and Jay Litherland (1995). After him are Ryo Miyake (1990), Shun Tanaka (1988), Hirooki Arai (1988), Yohei Iwasaki (1987), Ayumi Niekawa (1994), and Akira Sone (2000).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Masato Sakai ranks 27. Before him are Katsumi Nakamura (1994), Yukiko Inui (1990), Tomoru Honda (2001), Natsumi Hoshi (1990), Ippei Watanabe (1997), and Jay Litherland (1995). After him are Rikako Ikee (2000), Junya Koga (1987), Yasuhiro Koseki (1992), Kanako Watanabe (1996), Naito Ehara (1993), and Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1997).

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