Ken Terauchi
Ken Terauchi 
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 Japan
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| Discipline (s) : | Artistic / synchronized jumping | |||||||||||||||
| Society: | JSS Takarazuka | |||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | August 7, 1980 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Takarazuka | |||||||||||||||
| Size: | 170 cm | |||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 68 kg | |||||||||||||||
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Ken Terauchi ( Japanese 寺内 健 , Terauchi Ken ; born August 7, 1980 in Takarazuka ) is a Japanese diver . He starts in artificial jumping from the 1-m and 3-m board and formerly also in 10-m tower diving.
Terauchi has so far participated in four Olympic Games and always reached the final in all competitions, but could not win a medal. In 1996 in Atlanta he was tenth on the 10-meter tower, in 2000 in Sydney on the 3-meter board and fifth on the 10-meter tower, in 2004 in Athens on the 3-meter board again, and in 2008 in Beijing on the 3-meter board. m-board eleventh.
He celebrated his greatest sporting success so far at the 2001 home world championships in Fukuoka . He won the bronze medal from the 3-meter board. In the same competition he was seventh in Barcelona in 2003 and fourth in Melbourne in 2007 . He was also successful at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha . He won bronze medals on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.
Terauchi studied at Koshien University .
Web links
- Ken Terauchi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Results overview on the-sports.org
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| SURNAME | Terauchi, Ken |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 寺内 健 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese diver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Takarazuka |