Ken Takakuwa

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Ken Takakuwa
Personal information
Born (1985-03-25) March 25, 1985 (age 39)
Shizuoka, Japan
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok 200m individual medley
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 200m individual medley
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 200m individual medley
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou 400m individual medley

Ken Takakuwa (高桑 健, Takakuwa Ken, born 25 March 1985) is a Japanese swimmer.[1] He was born in Shizuoka. He competed in the 200 m individual medley event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, advanced to the final and finished sixth.[2][3] Takakuwa also took part in the 200m IM at the 2008 Summer Olympics and placed fifth.[3] In that same event at the Asian games, he won gold in 2010 and silver in 2006. He also won bronze in the 400m IM at the 2010 Asian Games.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ken Takakuwa Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Sports Reference profile