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Reiko Nakamura

1982 - Today

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Reiko Nakamura (中村 礼子, Nakamura Reiko; born May 17, 1982 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese Olympic and Asian record-holding swimmer. She swam in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, winning the bronze medals in the 200m backstroke at both editions. In doing so, she became the first Japanese woman in 72 years to win medals at consecutive Olympic games. She retired shortly after achieving this, in October 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reiko Nakamura is the 486th most popular swimmer (up from 532nd in 2019), the 4,264th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,796th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Reiko Nakamura ranks 486 out of 709. Before her are Cullen Jones, Daiya Seto, Jessica Ashwood, Jérémy Desplanches, Ryosuke Irie, and Huang Xuechen. After her are Nicolò Martinenghi, Qin Haiyang, Jessica Vall, Cameron McEvoy, Brooke Bennett, and Jérémy Stravius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Reiko Nakamura ranks 1,244. Before her are Benh Zeitlin, Ri Han-jae, Hayato Sasaki, Francis Dickoh, Daisuke Yoneyama, and Vladimir Potkin. After her are Monika Karsch, Masahiro Kazuma, Matthew McNulty, Satoshi Nagano, Yutaka Tahara, and Abel Gómez.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Reiko Nakamura ranks 4,277 out of 6,245. Before her are Fumiya Iwamaru (1981), Hiromasa Kanazawa (1983), Riho Sakamoto (1992), Shinya Nasu (1978), Daisuke Yoneyama (1982), and Mayu Sasaki (1993). After her are Goshi Okubo (1986), Masahiro Kazuma (1982), Reni Takagi (1993), Satoshi Nagano (1982), Mayumi Yamashita (1975), and Yutaka Tahara (1982).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Reiko Nakamura ranks 14. Before her are Daichi Suzuki (1967), Kosuke Kitajima (1982), Ai Shibata (1982), Kosuke Hagino (1994), Daiya Seto (1994), and Ryosuke Irie (1990). After her are Takeshi Matsuda (1984), Satomi Suzuki (1991), Takuro Fujii (1985), Yui Ohashi (1995), Aya Terakawa (1984), and Rie Kaneto (1988).

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