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\u201cOlympians\u201d refers to all athletes who have competed in the Olympics as representatives of any country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name<\/th>NIFS affilation<\/th>Sport<\/th>Olympiad<\/th>Event\/Placement
(if placed)<\/th><\/tr>
MATSUDA Takeshi<\/td>Withdrew at completion of doctoral program course work March 2017<\/td>Swimming<\/td>2004 Athens<\/td>Men\u2019s 400m freestyle\/8th place<\/td><\/tr>
2008 Beijing<\/td>Men\u2019s 200m butterfly\/bronze medal<\/td><\/tr>
2012 London<\/td>Men\u2019s 200m butterfly\/bronze medal
Men\u2019s 4\u00d7100m medley relay\/silver medal<\/td><\/tr>
2016 Rio de Janeiro<\/td>Men\u2019s 4\u00d7200m freestyle relay\/bronze medal<\/td><\/tr>
TSUMAGARI Katsutoshi<\/td>Graduated March 1998<\/td>Volleyball<\/td>2008 Beijing<\/td>Men\u2019s volleyball\/\uff0d<\/td><\/tr>
SHIBATA Ai<\/td>Graduated March 2005
Completed master\u2019s program March 2009<\/td>		Swimming<\/td>2004 Athens<\/td>Women\u2019s 800m freestyle\/gold medal<\/td><\/tr>
2008 Beijing<\/td>Women\u2019s 800m freestyle\/\uff0d<\/td><\/tr>
TAKAKUWA Ken<\/td>Graduated March 2007<\/td>Swimming<\/td>2008 Beijing<\/td>Men\u2019s 200m individual medley\/5th place<\/td><\/tr>
2012 London<\/td>Men\u2019s 200m individual medley\/\uff0d<\/td><\/tr>
TAKANABE Emi<\/td>Graduated March 2008<\/td>Swimming<\/td>2008 Beijing<\/td>Women\u2019s 4\u00d7200m relay\/7th place<\/td><\/tr>
HAGIWARA Mayuko<\/td>Graduated March 2009<\/td>Cycling<\/td>2012 London<\/td>Women\u2019s road race\/\uff0d<\/td><\/tr>
UCHIMA Kohei<\/td>Graduated March 2011<\/td>Cycling<\/td>2016 Rio de Janeiro<\/td>Men\u2019s road race\/\uff0d<\/td><\/tr>
MAEDA Kayono<\/td>Graduated March 2013<\/td>Cycling<\/td>2012 London<\/td>Women\u2019s track cycling\/\uff0d<\/td><\/tr>
TSUKAGOSHI Sakura<\/td>Graduated March 2014
Completed master\u2019s program March 2016<\/td>		Cycling<\/td>2016 Rio de Janeiro<\/td>Women\u2019s omnium\/\uff0d<\/td><\/tr>
Yoko Zetterlund<\/td>Completed master\u2019s program September 2011<\/td>Volleyball<\/td>1992 Barcelona<\/td>Women\u2019s volleyball (for the U.S.)\/bronze medal<\/td><\/tr>
1996 Atlanta<\/td>Women\u2019s volleyball (for the U.S.)\/7th place<\/td><\/tr>
TAGUCHI Nobutaka<\/td>Honorary professor<\/td>Swimming<\/td>1972 Munich<\/td>100m breaststroke\/gold medal
200m breaststroke\/bronze medal<\/td><\/tr>
1976 Montreal<\/td>100m breaststroke\/\uff0d
200m breaststroke\/\uff0d
400m medley relay\/\uff0d<\/td><\/tr>
ONO Takashi<\/td>Instructor, alumnus<\/td>Gymnastics<\/td>1952 Helsinki<\/td>Vault\/Bronze medal<\/td><\/tr>
1956 Melbourne<\/td>Horizontal bar\/gold medal
Pommel horse\/Silver medal
Individual all-around\/Silver medal
Team all-around\/Silver medal
Parallel bars\/bronze medal<\/td><\/tr>
1960 Rome<\/td>Horizontal bar\/gold medal
Vault\/gold medal
Team all-around\/gold medal
Individual all-around\/silver medal<\/td><\/tr>
1964 Tokyo<\/td>Team all-around\/gold medal<\/td><\/tr>
KITAGAWA Junichi<\/td>Professor<\/td>Gymnastics<\/td>1980 Moscow<\/td>\u203b After team selection Japan decided to boycott the Moscow Olympics<\/td><\/tr>
KAMIWAZUMI Jun<\/td>Instructor, alumnus<\/td>Tennis<\/td>1968 Mexico City<\/td>\u203b Demonstration sport entrant<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cOlympians\u201d refers to all athletes who have competed in the Olympics as representatives of any country. 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