Kosuke Kitajima Japan
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Date of birth

22 Sep 1982

Height

1.77m

Weight

73kg

Medals

London 2012
Gold Silver Bronze
0 1 0
Beijing 2008
Gold Silver Bronze
2 0 1
All-time
Gold Silver Bronze
4 1 2

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Two-time gold medalist in both the 100m and 200m breaststroke categories

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Fran Halsall was quickest going into the final Halsall misses out on World medal

Great Britain's Briton Fran Halsall misses out on a medal by six-hundreths of a second after finishing joint fourth in the 100m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai.

29 Jul 11

Bree insists best 'still to come'

Japan

3 Oct 10

Northern Ireland swimmer Andrew Bree heads into his fourth Commonwealth Games convinced the best moments of his career are still to come.

Bree achieves qualifying times

Japan

31 May 10

Andrew Bree secured European Championship and Commonwealth Games qualifying times at a meeting in California over the weekend.

Results for Kosuke Kitajima

Date Event Rank Mark
4 Aug Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final 2 silver 3:31.26
3 Aug Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats, Heat 2 2 3:33.64
1 Aug Men's 200m Breaststroke Final 4 2:08.35
31 Jul Men's 200m Breaststroke Semi-finals, Heat 2 4 2:09.03
31 Jul Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats, Heat 5 2 2:09.43
29 Jul Men's 100m Breaststroke Final 5 59.79
28 Jul Men's 100m Breaststroke Semi-finals, Heat 1 4 59.69
28 Jul Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats, Heat 6 2 59.63

Head to Head

Kosuke Kitajima vs Liam Tancock

Kosuke Kitajima

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London 2012 medals

1

London 2012 appearances

8

London 2012 results

3:31.26 Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay

Height

1.77m (5'10")

Weight

73kg

Age

30

Liam Tancock

Liam Tancock One to watch Great Britain & N. Ireland flag

London 2012 medals

0

London 2012 appearances

5

London 2012 results

3:32.32 Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay

Height

1.83m (6'0")

Weight

85kg

Age

28

View the London 2012 medallist table