Tatsuya Kinugasa

Tatsuya Kinugasa (衣笠 竜也, Kinugasa Tatsuya, born October 8, 1974) is a male Japanese retired male medley swimmer.

Tatsuya Kinugasa
Personal information
Full name衣笠 竜也
Nationality Japan
Born (1974-10-08) October 8, 1974
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley

Swimming career

Kinugasa represented Japan at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.[1] He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania, Italy.

Despite being of Japanese nationality he won the 200 metres medley title [2] and the 400 metres medley title in 1997, at the ASA National British Championships.[3]

References

  1. "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ""For the Record." Times, 21 July 1997, p. 40". Times Digital Archive.
  3. ""For the Record." Times, 19 July 1997, p. 47". Times Digital Archive.


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