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.

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

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