Takashi Yamamoto (山本 貴司, Yamamoto Takashi, born July 23, 1978 in Osaka) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was also part of Japan's bronze medal-winning 4 × 100 m medley relay team.^[1]

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Takashi Yamamoto

Personal information
Full name	Takashi Yamamoto
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1978-07-23) July 23, 1978 (age 45) Osaka, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Itoman Swimming School
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2004 Athens 200 m butterfly 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 2003 Barcelona 200 m butterfly 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2003 Barcelona 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 200 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships 1999 Sydney 200 m butterfly 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m medley 1999 Sydney 100 m butterfly 1999 Sydney 4×100 m medley 2006 Victoria 100 m butterfly Asian Games 1998 Bangkok 100 m butterfly 1998 Bangkok 200 m butterfly 1998 Bangkok 4×100 m medley 2002 Busan 100 m butterfly 2002 Busan 4×100 m medley 2006 Doha 100 m butterfly 2006 Doha 4×100 m medley 2002 Busan 200 m butterfly

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Yamamoto also competed in the 100 m butterfly event, and qualified for the semifinals, but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final. The 2004 Games were Yamamoto's third Olympic Games. He had previously swum in the 1996 Olympic Games and 2000 Olympic Games, but did not receive a medal at either.

He married swimmer Suzu Chiba in 2002. They have four children together.^[2]