Kosuke Kitajima

Kosuke Kitajima
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born (1982-09-22) September 22, 1982
Tokyo, Japan
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 1 2
World Championships (LC) 3 4 5
World Championships (SC) 0 1 0
Pan Pacific Championships 3 3 1
Asian Games 7 1 0
Total 17 10 8
Olympic Games
2004 Athens100 m breaststroke
2004 Athens200 m breaststroke
2008 Beijing100 m breaststroke
2008 Beijing200 m breaststroke
2012 London4×100 m medley
2004 Athens4×100 m medley
2008 Beijing4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
2003 Barcelona100 m breaststroke
2003 Barcelona200 m breaststroke
2007 Melbourne200 m breaststroke
2005 Montreal100 m breaststroke
2007 Melbourne100 m breaststroke
2007 Melbourne4×100 m medley
2011 Shanghai200 m breaststroke
2001 Fukuoka200 m breaststroke
2003 Barcelona4×100 m medley
2005 Montreal50 m breaststroke
2005 Montreal4×100 m medley
2013 Barcelona4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
2002 Moscow100 m breaststroke
Pan Pacific Championships
2002 Yokohama100 m breaststroke
2010 Irvine100 m breaststroke
2010 Irvine200 m breaststroke
2006 Victoria200 m breaststroke
2006 Victoria4×100 m medley
2010 Irvine4×100 m medley
2006 Victoria100 m breaststroke
Asian Games
2002 Busan100 m breaststroke
2002 Busan200 m breaststroke
2002 Busan4×100 m medley
2006 Doha100 m breaststroke
2006 Doha200 m breaststroke
2006 Doha4×100 m medley
2010 Guangzhou4×100 m medley
2006 Doha50 m breaststroke

Kosuke Kitajima (北島 康介, Kitajima Kōsuke; born September 22, 1982) is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at consecutive Olympic games.

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