Nationality Japan Event(s) Sprint canoe Name Asumi Omura Height 1.68 m Club Waseda University | Sport Canoeing Coached by Octavian Ispas Role Olympic athlete Weight 62 kg | |
Born 11 November 1989 (age 34) ( 1989-11-11 ) Olympic medals Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women\'s K-2 500 metres Similar People Tina Dietze, Karolina Naja, Franziska Weber, Katalin Kovacs, Natasa Dusev‑Janics | ||
Asumi Ōmura (大村明日美, Ōmura Asumi, born November 11, 1989) is a Japanese sprint canoeist. She won silver and bronze medal in the women's kayak doubles and four at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, respectively. Ōmura is also a member of the canoe and kayak team at Waseda University in Shinjuku, and is coached and trained by Octavian Ispas of Romania.
Ōmura represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Ōmura and her partner Shinobu Kitamoto failed to advance into the semi-finals, as they placed sixth in the second heat by approximately two seconds behind the Slovakian pair Ivana Kmeťová and Martina Kohlová, with a time of 1:47.323.
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