Runa Imai (今井 月, Imai Runa, born August 15, 2000) is a Japanese swimmer. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter individual medley. She swam the 11th best time in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, where she was eliminated with a 15th-place finish.[2]
Imai took up swimming aged three following her elder brother Hikaru, who is also a competitive swimmer. Her mother died in 2008.[1]
As a 14-year-old at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii, United States, Imai won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:26.04, the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1:09.25, and the silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 1:08.18 to contribute to the final time of 4:04.11.[3]
runa, imai, 今井, imai, runa, born, august, 2000, japanese, swimmer, qualified, 2016, summer, olympics, janeiro, meter, individual, medley, swam, 11th, best, time, heats, qualified, semifinals, where, eliminated, with, 15th, place, finish, personal, informationf. Runa Imai 今井 月 Imai Runa born August 15 2000 is a Japanese swimmer She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter individual medley She swam the 11th best time in the heats and qualified for the semifinals where she was eliminated with a 15th place finish 2 Runa ImaiPersonal informationFull name今井月National team JapanBorn 2000 08 15 August 15 2000 age 23 Gifu JapanHeight163 cm 5 ft 4 in 2 Weight50 kg 110 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyle individual medley breaststrokeClubToyokawa High School 1 CoachMasataka Fukada club Norimasa Hirai national 1 Medal record Representing JapanWorld Championships SC 2018 Hangzhou 100 m medleyAsian Games2022 Hangzhou 200 m breaststrokeAsian Championships2016 Tokyo 200 m medleyUniversiade2019 Naples 4 100 m freestyle2019 Naples 4 100 m medley2019 Naples 200 m medleyWorld Junior Championships2015 Singapore 4 100 m medleyJunior Pan Pacific Championships2014 Maui 200 m breaststroke2014 Maui 4 100 m medley2014 Maui 100 m breaststrokeImai took up swimming aged three following her elder brother Hikaru who is also a competitive swimmer Her mother died in 2008 1 As a 14 year old at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii United States Imai won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2 26 04 the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1 09 25 and the silver medal in the 4 100 metre medley relay splitting a 1 08 18 to contribute to the final time of 4 04 11 3 References edit a b c Runa Imai nbcolympics com a b Runa Imai Rio Olympics Archived from the original on August 6 2016 Retrieved August 9 2016 Hy Tek 31 August 2014 Meet Results 2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships swmeets com Retrieved 31 October 2022 External links editRuna Imai at World Aquatics nbsp Runa Imai at the International Swimming League archived Runa Imai at Swimrankings net nbsp Runa Imai at Olympics com nbsp Runa Imai at Olympedia nbsp nbsp nbsp This Japanese swimming biography is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Runa Imai amp oldid 1215605817, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
