FACTBOX: Gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima

(Reuters) - Factbox on swimmer Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) who won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 100m breaststoke on Monday.

Age: 25 (date of birth: Sep 22, 1982)

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

Career achievements:

Gold medalist at 2007 World Championships (200m breaststroke)

Two gold medals at 2003 World Championships (100m and 200m breaststroke)

Two silver medals at 2007 World Championships (100m breaststroke and 4x100 medley relay)

Silver medalist at 2005 World Championship (100m breaststroke)

Two bronze medals at 2005 World Championships (50m breaststroke and 4x100 medley relay)

Bronze medalist at 2003 World Championships (4x100 medley relay)

Bronze medalist at 2001 World Championships (200m breaststroke)

Previous Olympic results:

Two gold medals at 2004 Olympics (100m and 200m breaststroke)

Bronze medalist 2004 Olympics (4x100 medley relay)

When he was still at school he had a chance to swim with Akira Hayashi, Japan's 1994 Asian Games 100m breaststroke swimming champion, and from then on decided he wanted to compete at the Olympic Games. He loves fashion and unwinds by buying clothes.

(Compiled by Nigel Hunt, Editing by Padraic Halpin)

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