Shinya Taniguchi

{{Short description|Japanese swimmer (1981–2013)}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Shinya Taniguchi

| fullname = Shinya Taniguchi

| nationality = {{JPN}}

| strokes = butterfly

| club =

| collegeteam =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1979|2|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mie, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|10|4|1979|2|6|df=y}}

| death_place = Mie, Japan

| height = {{convert|181|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = 71kg

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 2002 Busan | 400m medley}}}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Nihongo|Shinya Taniguchi|谷口 晋矢|Taniguchi Shin'ya|23 March 1981 – 4 September 2013}} was a Japanese swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/shinya-taniguchi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214043/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/shinya-taniguchi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=9 June 2012}}

Death

He died on 4 September 2013 from stomach cancer.{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/sports/news/130906/oth13090613290017-n1.htm|title=シドニー五輪代表、谷口晋矢氏が死去 32歳|publisher=Sankei Shimbun|language=Japanese|accessdate=6 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907000957/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/sports/news/130906/oth13090613290017-n1.htm|archivedate=7 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}

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