Kosuke Kitajima

Kosuke Kitajima

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1982-09-22) September 22, 1982 Tokyo, Japan
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
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.