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]
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| Full name | 中村 礼子 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1982-05-17) May 17, 1982 (age 42) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[3]
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| Preceded by | Women's 100-meter backstroke world record-holder (short course) March 4, 2001 – November 29, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Women's 200-meter backstroke world record-holder (short course) February 23, 2008 – April 11, 2008 |
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