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| Runa
IMAI |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
Japan
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 15 Aug 2000
in Gifu, JPN |
| Height | 1.64 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Student |
Languages |
Japanese |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began swimming at age three in Gifu, Japan. She took up the sport competitively in grade four of primary school. |
Why this sport? |
She was influenced by her older brother. She was also inspired by Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima after watching him win gold in the 100m breaststroke at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. "I really liked water. I began thinking about the Olympics seriously because of Kitajima. He is our forever legend." |
Club / Team |
Team Coca-Cola [JPN] / Toyo University [JPN]: |
Name of coach |
Norimasa Hirai [Toyo], JPN; Yoshimitsu Shimoyama [national], JPN |
International Debut |
Year |
2013 |
Competing for |
Japan |
Tournament |
East Asian Games |
Location |
Tianjin, CHN |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima. (cocacola.co.jp, 12 Mar 2019) |
Awards and honours |
In 2019 she was given the Gifu Honorary Award in Japan. (gifu-np.co.jp, 15 Feb 2019)
She received an Excellence Award at the 2017 Japan Aquatic Awards. (swim.or.jp, 22 Jan 2018) |
Famous relatives |
Her older brother Hikaru has competed in swimming at national level. (cyclestyle.net, 04 Mar 2016) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Semifinal |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
200m Individual Medley |
2:12.53 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 5 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Individual Medley |
2:09.99 |
| Heats |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
100m Individual Medley |
57.85 |
| Heats |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:21.85 |
| Semifinal |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.22 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:31.68 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:29.51 |
| 5 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:37.35 |
World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 4 |
2019 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:25.41 |
| 4 |
2019 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Individual Medley |
2:13.17 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:20.11 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:05.36 |
| 37 |
2017 |
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Overall |
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| 4 |
2017 |
Beijing, CHN |
200m Individual Medley |
2:09.50 |
| 4 |
2017 |
Beijing, CHN |
100m Individual Medley |
59.00 |
| 2 |
2017 |
Beijing, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:19.77 |
| 4 |
2017 |
Singapore, SGP |
100m Breaststroke |
1:05.91 |
| 5 |
2017 |
Singapore, SGP |
200m Individual Medley |
2:07.09 |
| 4 |
2017 |
Singapore, SGP |
400m Individual Medley |
4:36.50 |
| 8 |
2017 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.27 |
| 5 |
2017 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Butterfly |
57.59 |
| 4 |
2017 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:19.47 |
| 5 |
2016 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:43.04 |
| 7 |
2016 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:38.22 |
| 25 |
2014 |
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Overall |
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| 6 |
2014 |
Beijing, CHN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.73 |
| 8 |
2014 |
Beijing, CHN |
400m Individual Medley |
4:41.79 |
| 2 |
2014 |
Beijing, CHN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:21.74 |
| 3 |
2014 |
Beijing, CHN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:46.75 |
| 5 |
2014 |
Singapore, SGP |
100m Breaststroke |
1:06.32 |
| 7 |
2014 |
Singapore, SGP |
400m Individual Medley |
4:39.25 |
| 2 |
2014 |
Singapore, SGP |
200m Breaststroke |
2:20.61 |
| 5 |
2014 |
Singapore, SGP |
50m Breaststroke |
31.43 |
| 4 |
2014 |
Singapore, SGP |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:46.63 |
| 3 |
2014 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:21.02 |
| 8 |
2013 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Breaststroke |
1:07.70 |
| 5 |
2013 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Breaststroke |
2:23.58 |
Asian Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2016 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Individual Medley |
2:12.58 |
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