is a male

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retired male medley

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Swimming career

Kinugasa represented

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at two consecutive

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, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1997 Summer Universiade in

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. Despite being of Japanese nationality he won the 200 metres medley title and the 400 metres medley title in 1997, at the ASA National British Championships.

References

1974 births Living people Japanese male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese people {{japan-swimming-bio-stub