Reiko Nakamura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Reiko Nakamura

Japanese swimmer

Date of Birth: 17-May-1982

Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Reiko Nakamura

  • Reiko Nakamura (?? ??, 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.At 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.

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