Yui Ohashi

Yui Ohashi (Japanese: 大橋 悠依, Hepburn: Ōhashi Yui, born 18 October 1995) is a Japanese swimmer, specializing in the medley events. She became the first Japanese woman to dip beneath the 2:08-barrier in the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing with a silver-medal time and a national record of 2:07.91.[1][2][3][4]

Yui Ohashi
Ohashi in 2020
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995
Hikone, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley
ClubItoman Toshin
College teamToyo University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 0 1 1
Pan Pacific Championships 2 0 0
Asian Games 1 2 0
Total 5 3 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 400 m medley
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2019 Gwangju400 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo 400 m medley
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 4×200 m freestyle
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tokyo 400 m medley
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei 4×200 m freestyle

Ohashi qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] She won Japan's second gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the Women's 400m individual medley. She also won the gold medal in the Women's 200m individual medley.

See also

References
  1. "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results". FINA. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. "Japan's Ohashi Takes 200 IM Silver In New Japanese Record". SwimSwam. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. "Ohashi blazes to silver in 200 IM in record time". The Japan Times. 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. "No Additional Names Added As JASF Finalizes Host Nation's OLY Roster". SwimSwam. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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