Satoko Tanaka Explained

Satoko Tanaka
Nationality:Japanese
Birth Date:3 February 1942
Birth Place:Sasebo, Nagasaki
Height:158 cm
Weight:59 kg
Strokes:Backstroke

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]

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/satoko-tanaka-1.html . Satoko Tanaka . 2020-04-17 . dead.
  2. Web site: SATOKO TANAKA (JPN) 1991 Honor Swimmer . ISHOF.org . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606210641/http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/91/91stanaka.html . 2014-06-06 . dead.