Kosuke Kitajima

Kosuke Kitajima

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1982-09-22) September 22, 1982 (age 42) Tokyo, Japan
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Japan Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 1 2 World Championships (LC) 3 4 5 World Championships (SC) 0 1 0 Pan Pacific Championships 3 3 1 Asian Games 7 1 0 Total 17 10 8 Olympic Games 2004 Athens 100 m breaststroke 2004 Athens 200 m breaststroke 2008 Beijing 100 m breaststroke 2008 Beijing 200 m breaststroke 2012 London 4×100 m medley 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 2003 Barcelona 100 m breaststroke 2003 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke 2007 Melbourne 200 m breaststroke 2005 Montreal 100 m breaststroke 2007 Melbourne 100 m breaststroke 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2011 Shanghai 200 m breaststroke 2001 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley 2005 Montreal 50 m breaststroke 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow 100 m breaststroke Pan Pacific Championships 2002 Yokohama 100 m breaststroke 2010 Irvine 100 m breaststroke 2010 Irvine 200 m breaststroke 2006 Victoria 200 m breaststroke 2006 Victoria 4×100 m medley 2010 Irvine 4×100 m medley 2006 Victoria 100 m breaststroke Asian Games 2002 Busan 100 m breaststroke 2002 Busan 200 m breaststroke 2002 Busan 4×100 m medley 2006 Doha 100 m breaststroke 2006 Doha 200 m breaststroke 2006 Doha 4×100 m medley 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m medley 2006 Doha 50 m breaststroke

Kosuke Kitajima (北島 康介, Kitajima Kōsuke, born September 22, 1982) is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at consecutive Olympic games.^[2]