Reiko Nakamura

Reiko Nakamura

Personal information
Full name	中村 礼子
Nationality	Japan
Born	May 17, 1982 (1982-05-17) Yokohama, Japan
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	backstroke
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Japan Olympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens 200 m backstroke Bronze 2008 Beijing 200 m backstroke World Championships Bronze 2005 Montreal 200 m backstroke Bronze 2007 Melbourne 100 m backstroke Bronze 2007 Melbourne 200 m backstroke Short Course World Silver 2002 Moscow 200 m backstroke Summer Universiade Gold 2001 Beijing 200 m backstroke Gold 2003 Daegu 200 m backstroke Silver 2003 Daegu 100 m backstroke Bronze 2003 Daegu 4x100 m medley relay Pan Pacific Championships Gold 2006 Victoria 200 m backstroke

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Nakamura".

Reiko Nakamura (中村 礼子, Nakamura Reiko, born May 17, 1982 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese Olympic and Asian record-holding swimmer. She swam in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, winning the bronze medals in the 200m backstroke at both editions.

At the 2008 Olympics, Nakamura set the Asian Records and Japanese Records in both the 100 and 200 backstrokes (59.36 and 2:07.13).

At the 2007 World Championships, she swam to a new Japanese Record in the 100 back (1:00.40) in finishing third. Eight days later, she lowered the mark to 1:00.29 in winning the 2007 Japan Championships.