Ken Terauchi

Ken Terauchi (寺内 健, Terauchi Ken, born August 7, 1980 in Takarazuka, Hyōgo) is a Japanese diver, who specialized in springboard and platform events.[1] He had won two bronze medals for the springboard diving at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, in addition to his first at the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka.

Ken Terauchi

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1980-08-07) 7 August 1980 Takarazuka, Hyōgo
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Diving
Event(s)	1 m springboard 3 m springboard 10 m platform
Club	JSS Takarazuka (JPN)
Coached by	Suei Mabuchi
Medal record Men's diving Representing  Japan World Championships 2001 Fukuoka 3 m springboard Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Synchronized 3 m springboard 2006 Doha 1 m springboard 2006 Doha 3 m springboard

Terauchi had represented Japan in five Olympic Games (1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, 2004 in Athens, 2008 in Beijing and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro). He reached into the finals for all of his respective events but the 2016 Olympics one, although he never captured a single Olympic medal. His best result was further achieved at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, when he placed fifth in the men's 10 m platform, with a cumulative score of 636.90 points.

Terauchi retired temporarily in 2009, and worked as an employee for sports manufacturing company Mizuno.[2] A year later, he resumed training to set sighs for his fifth Olympics, and made his comeback by placing second at a domestic meet.[3] In 2012, Terauchi had received a qualifying berth at the FINA Diving World Cup, but Japan Swimming Federation decided not to send him to London for the Summer Olympics, despite that he was not able to perform well against the world's top divers.[4]

Terauchi is a graduate of clinical psychology at Koshien University in Takarazuka, Hyōgo.