{{Short description|Japanese swimmer (born 1951)}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Nobutaka Taguchi | image = Nobutaka Taguchi 1972.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|06|18}} | birth_place = Saijō, Ehime, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.73 m | weight = 68 kg | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1972 Munich | 100 m breaststroke}} {{MedalBronze| 1972 Munich | 200 m breaststroke}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}} {{MedalSilver| 1975 Cali | 100 m breaststroke}} {{MedalBronze| 1973 Belgrade |100 m breaststroke}} {{MedalBronze| 1973 Belgrade | 200 m breaststroke}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold| 1970 Bangkok | 100 m breaststroke}} {{MedalGold| 1970 Bangkok | 200 m breaststroke}} {{MedalGold| 1970 Bangkok | 4×100 m medley}} {{MedalGold| 1974 Tehran | 100 m breaststroke}} {{MedalGold| 1974 Tehran | 200 m breaststroke}} {{MedalGold| 1974 Tehran | 4×100 m medley}} {{MedalCompetition|Universiade}} {{MedalSilver | 1970 Turin | 100 m breaststroke}} {{MedalBronze | 1970 Turin | 200 m breaststroke}} }}
{{nihongo|'''Nobutaka Taguchi'''|田口信教|Taguchi Nobutaka|extra=born June 18, 1951}} is a retired Japanese breaststroke swimmer. He competed in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won two medals in 1972, a gold in the 100 m and a bronze in the 200 m events.<ref name=sr/> His breaststroke gold medal was the first for Japan since 1956. He won during the five-year era dominated by John Hencken and David Wilkie. He also earned the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1972 Olympics and in both breaststrokes at the 1975 World Championships. He ended his career after the 1976 Olympics.<ref name=ishof/>
== Later life == In 1987 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.<ref name=ishof/>
He became a lecturer at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya in 1984, and a professor of physical education in 1993. He became professor emeritus in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nifs-k.ac.jp/information/1403-2018-03-26-18-39-17.html|title= 田口教授に名誉教授の称号を授与|publisher= 国立大学法人 鹿屋体育大学公式webサイト|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209182236/https://www.nifs-k.ac.jp/information/1403-2018-03-26-18-39-17.html|archivedate=2019-02-09|language=ja}}</ref>
==See also== * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=ishof>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/nobutaka-taguchi-%28jpn%29.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711173456/http://www.ishof.org/nobutaka-taguchi-%28jpn%29.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 11, 2015 |title=Nobutaka Taguchi |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame }}</ref> <ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/nobutaka-taguchi-1.html |title=Nobutaka Taguchi |archive-date=2020-04-17 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/nobutaka-taguchi-1.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> }}
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