Full name Ippei Watanabe Sport Swimming Height 1.93 m Stroke Breaststroke | Nationality Japanese Strokes Breaststroke Weight 76 kg | |
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Born 18 March 1997 (age 19) ( 1997-03-18 ) Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan Similar Yasuhiro Koseki, Masato Sakai, Daiya Seto Profiles | ||
Ippei Watanabe (渡辺 一平, Watanabe Ippei, born 18 March 1997) is a Japanese swimmer and world record holder in 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 (swimmer) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA