Daisuke Kimura (born 23 August 1981) is a Japanese former

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

swimmer. Kimura was a 200-metre breaststroke silver medalist behind

Kosuke Kitajima 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 ...

at both the 2002 and 2006

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

, but got the better of the Olympic champion to win the 2006 national title. He won a bronze medal for the 200 metre breaststroke at the

2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The ninth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 2002 in Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama, Japan, from August 24–29. One world record A world record is usually th ...

and swam in two

FINA World Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events ar ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimura, Daisuke 1981 births Living people Japanese male breaststroke swimmers Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games