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Nobutaka Taguchi

1951 - Today

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Nobutaka Taguchi (田口信教, Taguchi Nobutaka; born June 18, 1951) is a retired Japanese breaststroke swimmer. He competed in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won two medals in 1972, a gold in the 100 m and a bronze in the 200 m events. His breaststroke gold medal was the first for Japan since 1956. He won during the five-year era dominated by John Hencken and David Wilkie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nobutaka Taguchi is the 2,120th most popular athlete (up from 2,293rd in 2019), the 1,872nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,824th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Nobutaka Taguchi ranks 2,120 out of 6,025. Before him are Abdul Hamid, Hans Wetterström, Meredith Colket, Dorothy Shirley, Shinji Hosokawa, and Zdravko Hebel. After him are Peter-Michael Kolbe, Marilyn Black, Ryszard Parulski, Zbigniew Jaremski, Vladimir Ivanov, and Mihály Mayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Nobutaka Taguchi ranks 591. Before him are Abdelmajid Bourebbou, Edward Albert, Oscar Hijuelos, Māris Gailis, Janusz Lewandowski, and Fița Lovin. After him are Thomas Akers, Juan Carlos Oblitas, Terrence Mann, Steven Lisberger, Barbara Cochran, and Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobutaka Taguchi ranks 1,872 out of 6,245. Before him are Inio Asano (1980), Norifumi Abe (1975), Kensuke Tsukuda (1977), Princess Kako of Akishino (1994), Shinji Hosokawa (1960), and Sachio Yoshida (1980). After him are Katsuyuki Konishi (1973), Richard T. Jones (1972), Fumito Ueda (1970), Shuhei Yoshida (1964), Yoichi Kajiyama (1971), and Daisuke Tanaka (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Nobutaka Taguchi ranks 36. Before him are Kim Eui-tae (1941), Masushi Ouchi (1943), Shunkichi Hamada (1910), Mayumi Aoki (1953), Toru Goto (1934), and Shinji Hosokawa (1960). After him are Beatriz (null), Hideaki Tomiyama (1957), Hiroshi Yamamoto (1962), Koji Murofushi (1974), Daniel Martínez (null), and Naoko Takahashi (1972).

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