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{{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|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1975 World Aquatics Championships|1975 Cali]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1973 World Aquatics Championships|1973 Belgrade]] |[[Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1973 World Aquatics Championships|1973 Belgrade]] | [[Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1970 Asian Games|1970 Bangkok]] | [[Swimming at the 1970 Asian Games|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1970 Asian Games|1970 Bangkok]] | [[Swimming at the 1970 Asian Games|200 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1970 Asian Games|1970 Bangkok]] | [[Swimming at the 1970 Asian Games|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]] | [[Swimming at the 1974 Asian Games|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]] | [[Swimming at the 1974 Asian Games|200 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]] | [[Swimming at the 1974 Asian Games|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1970 Summer Universiade|1970 Turin]] | [[Swimming at the 1970 Summer Universiade|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1970 Summer Universiade|1970 Turin]] | [[Swimming at the 1970 Summer Universiade|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 (swimmer)|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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[[Category:1951 births]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Japan]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:People from Saijō, Ehime]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Ehime Prefecture]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1970 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1974 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Asian Games swimmers for Japan]]
[[Category:Japanese male breaststroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Academic staff of National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in swimming]]

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