Keichi Nakajima

Keichi Nakajima
Personal information
Born (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 26)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClassificationsS14, SM14
Medal record
Men's Paralympic swimming
Representing  Japan
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m medley SM14

Keichi Nakajima (中島 啓智, Nakajima Keichi, born 16 November 1998) is a Japanese Paralympic swimmer with an intellectual impairment.[1] He represented Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metre individual medley SM14 event.[2] He also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]

In 2018, he competed at the Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia and he won two silver medals and two bronze medals.

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres butterfly multi-class event in Melbourne, Australia as part of the 2019 World Series.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Keichi Nakajima". Paralympic.org.
  2. ^ "Men's 200 metre individual medley SM14". paralympic.org – 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Hall and Thomas Kane claim gold in Melbourne". Paralympics Australia. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2020.