Nationality Portugal Height 1.80 m Weight 76 kg | Strokes Breaststroke Name Alexandre Yokochi | |
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Full name Alexandre Felske Tadayuke Yokochi Born February 13, 1965 (age 59) ( 1965-02-13 ) Lisbon, Portugal | ||
1984 Olympic Games Swimming - Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke
Alexandre Felske Tadayuki Yokochi (born 13 February 1965) is a former Portuguese swimmer and a current professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University.
Contents
- 1984 Olympic Games Swimming Mens 200 Meter Breaststroke
- Swimming career
- Professor career
- Awards
- References
Swimming career
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Yokochi was a breaststroke swimmer who broke many Portuguese swimming records. One of his most famous achievements was when he broke both the 100 m and 200 m. He competed in many international competitions such as the European Championships and Olympics whilst representing S.L. Benfica. His 100 m and 200 m records remain unbeaten in the Iberian Peninsula. He was trained by his father, Shintaro Yokochi, who was the head coach of S.L. Benfica and as well of the Portugal national team. Yokochi now resides in USA as a teacher in Oregon State University.
Professor career
Yokochi received an M.S. in 1992 from Southern Illinois University Carbondale under the direction of Prof. Conrad C. Hickley and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 1997 under the direction of F. Albert Cotton. After the completion of his degree, he joined the chemistry faculty at Oregon State University where he was a research professor working in the area of chemical crystallography. Since 2004 he has been with the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University.
Yokochi's current research focuses primarily on problems encompassing advanced functional materials and energy problems including the development of nanocomposite materials, the thermochemical production of hydrogen, the storage of renewable energy using flow batteries, and the development of methodology to avoid biofouling on devices deployed in the ocean.
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