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Masato Sakai

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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 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Masato Sakai is the 697th most popular swimmer (down from 609th in 2024), the 5,251st most popular biography from Japan (down from 4,248th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Masato Sakai ranks 697 out of 709. Before him are Ferry Weertman, Sarah Köhler, Fernando Scheffer, Lara Grangeon, Mark Gangloff, and Jay Litherland. After him are Sergey Fesikov, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Kylie Palmer, Cecilia Biagioli, Zhao Jing, and Katerine Savard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Masato Sakai ranks 912. Before him are Tomás Podstawski, Olivier Verdon, Dejan Davidovac, Will Hughes, Brayan Cortés, and Jay Litherland. After him are Mustafizur Rahman, Bilal Başaçıkoğlu, Filip Krovinović, Bo Horvat, Tems, and Vladislav Larin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masato Sakai ranks 5,264 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 Shinnosuke Oka (2003), Ryo Miyake (1990), Shun Tanaka (1988), Hirooki Arai (1988), Yohei Iwasaki (1987), and Ryūtarō Matsumoto (1986).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Masato Sakai ranks 37. Before him are Juri Tatsumi (1979), Saho Harada (1982), Natsumi Hoshi (1990), Ippei Watanabe (1997), Yasuko Tajima (1981), and Jay Litherland (1995). After him are Rikako Ikee (2000), Junya Koga (1987), Yasuhiro Koseki (1992), Kanako Watanabe (1996), Haruka Ueda (1988), and Aika Hakoyama (1991).

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