Satoko Tanaka
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Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1942-02-03) February 3, 1942 (age 82) Sasebo, Nagasaki | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Satoko Tanaka (田中 聡子, Tanaka Satoko, born February 3, 1942) is a retired Japanese backstroke swimmer. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the 100 m backstroke and 4×100 m medley relay. She won individual bronze in 1960 and finished fourth in both events in 1964.[1] Between 1959 and 1964 she set 10 world records in the 200 m backstroke, but did not have a chance to compete in this discipline. She set five more world records in the 110 yd and 220 yd backstroke. Tanaka held the national records in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke for 12 years. In retirement for many decades she worked as a swimming coach, and competed in the masters category. In 1991 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- World record progression 200 metres backstroke
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Satoko Tanaka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ "SATOKO TANAKA (JPN) 1991 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06.
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Preceded by | Women's 200 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) July 23, 1960 – September 28, 1964 | Succeeded by |
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Jocelyn von Giese (PHI)
- 1958
Satoko Tanaka (JPN)
- 1962
Satoko Tanaka (JPN)
- 1966
Satoko Tanaka (JPN)
- 1970
Yukiko Goshi (JPN)
- 1974
Suzuko Matsumura (JPN)
- 1978
Hisae Asari (JPN)
- 1982
Choi Yun-hui (KOR)
- 1986
Choi Yun-hui (KOR)
- 1990
Yang Wenyi (CHN)
- 1994
He Cihong (CHN)
- 1998
Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN)
- 2002
Zhan Shu (CHN)
- 2006
Reiko Nakamura (JPN)
- 2010
Zhao Jing (CHN)
- 2014
Fu Yuanhui (CHN)
- 2018
Natsumi Sakai (JPN)
- 2022
Wan Letian (CHN)
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