Reiko Nakamura (中村 礼子, Nakamura Reiko, born May 17, 1982 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture)[1] 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.[2] She retired shortly after achieving this, in October 2008.[2]
At the 2007 World Championships, she swam to a new Japanese Record in the 100 back (1:00.40) in finishing third. Eight days later, she lowered the mark to 1:00.29 in winning the 2007 Japan Championships.[3]
reiko, nakamura, 中村, 礼子, nakamura, reiko, born, 1982, yokohama, kanagawa, prefecture, japanese, olympic, asian, record, holding, swimmer, swam, 2004, 2008, olympic, games, winning, bronze, medals, 200m, backstroke, both, editions, doing, became, first, japanes. Reiko Nakamura 中村 礼子 Nakamura Reiko born May 17 1982 in Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture 1 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 2 She retired shortly after achieving this in October 2008 2 Reiko NakamuraPersonal informationFull name中村 礼子Nationality JapanBorn 1982 05 17 May 17 1982 age 40 Yokohama Kanagawa PrefectureHeight166 cm 5 ft 5 in Weight53 kg 117 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesbackstrokeMedal record Women s swimmingRepresenting JapanOlympic Games2004 Athens 200 m backstroke2008 Beijing 200 m backstrokeWorld Championships LC 2005 Montreal 200 m backstroke2007 Melbourne 100 m backstroke2007 Melbourne 200 m backstrokeWorld Championships SC 2002 Moscow 200 m backstrokePan Pacific Championships2006 Victoria 200 m backstrokeUniversiade2001 Beijing 200 m backstroke2003 Daegu 200 m backstroke2003 Daegu 100 m backstroke2003 Daegu 4 100 m medleyAt the 2008 Olympics Nakamura set the Asian Records and Japanese Records in both the 100 and 200 backstrokes 59 36 and 2 07 13 At the 2007 World Championships she swam to a new Japanese Record in the 100 back 1 00 40 in finishing third Eight days later she lowered the mark to 1 00 29 in winning the 2007 Japan Championships 3 See also EditWorld record progression 100 metres backstroke World record progression 200 metres backstrokeReferences Edit Nakamura s entry Archived 2007 03 08 at the Wayback Machine on databaseolympics com a b Two time medalist Nakamura quits The Japan Times 7 October 2008 Retrieved 4 September 2017 Reiko wins back national swimming title permanent dead link published 2007 04 06 retrieved 2009 07 13 RecordsPreceded byAngel Martino Women s 100 meter backstrokeworld record holder short course March 4 2001 November 29 2001 Succeeded byNatalie CoughlinPreceded byNatalie Coughlin Women s 200 meter backstrokeworld record holder short course February 23 2008 April 11 2008 Succeeded byKirsty Coventry This Japanese swimming biography is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a Japanese Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reiko Nakamura amp oldid 1128104550, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
