Runa Imai

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.[1]

Runa Imai

Personal information
Full name	今井月
National team	Japan
Born	(2000-08-15) August 15, 2000 Gifu, Japan
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, individual medley, breaststroke
Club	Toyokawa High School[2]
Coach	Masataka Fukada (club) Norimasa Hirai (national)[2]
Medal record Representing  Japan World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 100 m medley Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 200 m breaststroke Asian Championships 2016 Tokyo 200 m medley Universiade 2019 Naples 4×100 m freestyle 2019 Naples 4×100 m medley 2019 Naples 200 m medley World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore 4×100 m medley Junior Pan Pacific Championships 2014 Maui 200 m breaststroke 2014 Maui 4×100 m medley 2014 Maui 100 m breaststroke

Imai took up swimming aged three following her elder brother Hikaru, who is also a competitive swimmer. Her mother died in 2008.[2]

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]