Takeshi Matsuda

Takeshi Matsuda is a retired Japanese Olympic, Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004, 2008 Olympics, 2012 Olympics, and 2016 Olympics, winning four medals. At the 2008 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 m butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event. On November 12, 2011, Matsuda set a new Japanese record (1:49.50) at the FINA World Cup for the short course 200 m butterfly. In doing so, he became just the third swimmer in history to break the 1:50 barrier for the event.

23 June 1984

Born on the same birth date (23 June 1984): Levern Spencer

Born on the same birth day (23 June): Anna Akhmatova • Becky Cloonan • Chet Faker • Ellyn Kaschak • Glenn Danzig • John Habgood • José Rojas (footballer, born 1983) • Joséphine de Beauharnais • Keith Burkinshaw • Keith Newton (footballer) • Laura Ràfols • Lilliana Ketchman • Luiza Galiulina • Marcel Reece • Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland • Memphis Bleek • Nampalys Mendy • Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes • Ted Shackelford • Virbhadra Singh • Zoran Janjetov

Born in the same month (June 1984): Aiden Blizzard • Dustin Johnson • Eva Hrdinová • Ian White (ice hockey) • Janko Tipsarević • Kaori Icho • Kento Handa • Khloé Kardashian • Priscah Jeptoo • Yankuba Ceesay