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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 27) Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ippei Watanabe (渡辺 一平, Watanabe Ippei, born 18 March 1997) is a Japanese swimmer and former world record holder in the 200 metre breaststroke.
Career
He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 9 August 2016, Watanabe broke the Olympic record for the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics during the semi-final. In the final, he finished 6th.
At the Kosuke Kitajima Cup in Tokyo he broke the long course 200 metre breaststroke world record in a time of 2:06.67. He is also the first swimmer ever to go under 2:07.
References
- "Ippei Watanabe". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- Race, Loretta (29 January 2017). "Japan's Ippei Watanabe Rocks New 200 Breast World Record In Sub-2:07". Swim Swam. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
External links
- Ippei Watanabe at World Aquatics
- Ippei Watanabe at SwimRankings.net
- Ippei Watanabe at Olympics.com
- Ippei Watanabe at Olympedia
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Preceded by Akihiro Yamaguchi
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Men's 200 metre breaststroke world record holder (long course) 29 January 2017 – 26 July 2019 |
Succeeded by Anton Chupkov
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| Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke | |
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| Youth Olympic champions in swimming – boys' 200 metre breaststroke | |
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| Bold: Olympic medalists in swimming |
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for Japan
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- World record holders in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Japanese male breaststroke swimmers
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Ōita Prefecture
- Swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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