Takeshi Matsuda

Takeshi Matsuda 2011
Personal information
Full name	Takeshi Matsuda
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1984-06-23)June 23, 1984 (age 40) Nobeoka, Miyazaki
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	butterfly,freestyle
Medal record Men'sswimming Representing Japan Olympic Games 2012 London 4×100 m medley 2008 Beijing 200 m butterfly 2012 London 200 m butterfly 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2005 Montreal 200 m butterfly 2011 Shanghai 200 m butterfly 2009 Rome 200 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 4×200 m freestyle 2014 Gold Coast 4×200 m freestyle 2006 Victoria 200 m butterfly 2010 Irvine 200 m butterfly 2010 Irvine 800 m freestyle Asian Games 2006 Doha 4×200 m freestyle 2010 Guangzhou 200 m butterfly 2014 Incheon 4×200 m freestyle 2006 Doha 200 m butterfly 2010 Guangzhou 4×200 m freestyle 2002 Busan 200 m butterfly 2006 Doha 400 m freestyle 2006 Doha 1500 m freestyle 2010 Guangzhou 200 m freestyle Universiade 2003 Daegu 200 m butterfly

Takeshi Matsuda (松田 丈志,Matsuda Takeshi, born June 23, 1984) is a retiredJapaneseOlympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam forJapan at the2004,2008 Olympics,2012 Olympics, and2016 Olympics, winning four medals. At the 2008 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 m butterfly in anAsian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set theJapanese Record in the event. On November 12, 2011, Matsuda set a new Japanese record (1:49.50) at the FINA World Cup for the short course 200 m butterfly. In doing so, he became just the third swimmer in history to break the 1:50 barrier for the event.^[2]

Matsuda was born in the rural town ofNobeoka, Miyazaki, where he began swimming at the age of 4 at a local pool. Since then, he has trained with the same coach, Yumiko Kuze, a rare female coach in the world of men's swimming.^[3] She was a swimmer in her youth and began as a volunteer coach at the local pool (personal interview).

At the2004 Olympic Games, Matsuda placed 8th in the400 m freestyle final.

In the final of themen's 200m butterfly at the 2008 Olympics, he finished 3rd to claim bronze. He came behindMichael Phelps andLászló Cseh, with a time of 1:52.97, an Asian record.

At the2012 Olympics, Matsuda won two medals. He defended his bronze medal in the200 meter butterfly and swam the butterfly leg for Japan's silver medal-winning relay team in the4 × 100 meter medley relay withRyosuke Irie,Kosuke Kitajima, andTakuro Fujii. He also swam the100 meter butterfly, where he tied for sixteenth in the heats and subsequently lost a swim-off withBenjamin Starke of Germany, shutting him out of the semifinals.

At his final Olympics,^[4] Matsuda won a bronze medal in the4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.

In long course

• 400m freestyle: 3:44.99 Former Japanese Record (August 9, 2008)
• 800m freestyle: 7:49.65Japanese Record (April 19, 2009)
• 200m butterfly: 1:52.97Asian Record (August 13, 2008)

In short course

• 200m butterfly: 1:49.50 Former Japanese Record (November 12, 2011)

• List of Japanese records in swimming
• List of Asian records in swimming

• Takeshi Matsuda atWorld Aquatics
• Takeshi Matsuda atOlympedia
• Takeshi Kojima,Greenhouse to Water Cube / Matsuda's unorthodox training bears fruit in Beijing, / Yomiuri Shimbun, 14 August 2008

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