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| Aya
TAKANO |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
Japan
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 14 Mar 1994
| | Height | 1.65 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Sports Science - Doshisha University: Kyoto, JPN |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
Japanese swimmer Haruka Ueda. (Swimming Magazine, 11 Apr 2013) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
She began swimming to help with her asthma. |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began the sport at age four. |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
Japanese |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
She received the Osaka Sports Excellence Award in Japan in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. (pref.osaka.lg.jp, 19 Sep 2017; pref.osaka.lg.jp, 30 Sep 2016; pref.osaka.lg.jp, 16 Sep 2015; pref.osaka.lg.jp, 01 Oct 2014)
She was presented with the Excellence Award at the Kyoto Sports Awards in Japan, in both 2014 and 2015. (spogaku.pref.kyoto.lg.jp, 12 Apr 2016; spogaku.pref.kyoto.lg.jp, 04 Apr 2015) |
International Debut |
Year |
2012 |
Competing for |
Japan |
General Interest |
Other information |
RETIREMENT
In December 2020 she announced her retirement from the sport via Instagram. "I retired from swimming after the Japan Championships in December. There were many happy and painful things in my 20 years of swimming life, but I was happy to continue until this age with the support of many people who gave me a good environment. Thanks to the effort of everyone who fought with me, I was able to pursue my dreams." (Instagram profile, 28 Dec 2020) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Heats |
2012 |
London, ENG |
400m Freestyle |
4:12.33 |
| 8 |
2012 |
London, ENG |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:56.73 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 5 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:50.43 |
| 8 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:58.15 |
World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 5 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:41.97 |
| 8 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
400m Freestyle |
4:05.95 |
World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 8 |
2018 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Freestyle |
1:56.61 |
| 7 |
2016 |
Tokyo, JPN |
400m Freestyle |
4:07.83 |
Asian Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2014 |
Incheon, KOR |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:58.43 |
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