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Ryosuke Irie

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Ryosuke Irie (入江 陵介, Irie Ryōsuke; born 24 January 1990) is a Japanese retired competitive swimmer who competes in backstroke events. He is a Kindai University student in Osaka. He won a silver medal in the 200 metre backstroke and a bronze in the 100 metre backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics, along with a silver in the men's 4 × 100 m medley with the Japanese team. His beautiful backstroke technique has often been compared to Roland Matthes, who was described as the Rolls-Royce of swimming. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Ryosuke Irie is the 541st most popular swimmer (down from 411th in 2024), the 4,476th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,015th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ryosuke Irie ranks 541 out of 709. Before him are Cullen Jones, Emiko Suzuki, Daiya Seto, Sarah Poewe, Jessica Ashwood, and Jérémy Desplanches. After him are Huang Xuechen, Anne Poleska, Reiko Nakamura, Emiliano Brembilla, Nicolò Martinenghi, and Qin Haiyang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Ryosuke Irie ranks 1,082. Before him are Dai Xiaoxiang, Ana Šimić, Tom Van Asbroeck, Lydia Jele, Ding Xia, and Pedro Bigas. After him are Luis Garrido, Florian Niederlechner, Seinabo Sey, Shori Hamada, Samantha Barks, and Marius Alexe.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryosuke Irie ranks 4,489 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasushi Endo (1988), Yuta Nakayama (1997), Tomohiro Wanami (1980), Shota Koide (1981), Hideki Matsuda (1981), and Daiki Matsumoto (1991). After him are Koji Sakamoto (1978), Yuki Soma (1997), Hitoshi Shiota (1981), Shinya Hatta (1984), Shori Hamada (1990), and Kengo Tsutsumi (1978).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Ryosuke Irie ranks 18. Before him are Junko Tanaka (1973), Ai Shibata (1982), Kosuke Hagino (1994), Yoko Isoda (1978), Emiko Suzuki (1981), and Daiya Seto (1994). After him are Reiko Nakamura (1982), Takeshi Matsuda (1984), Kanako Kitao (1982), Satomi Suzuki (1991), Takuro Fujii (1985), and Raika Fujii (1974).

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