Ippei Watanabe (swimmer)
Japanese swimmer (born 1997)
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Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 27) Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ippei Watanabe (渡辺 一平, Watanabe Ippei, born 18 March 1997) is a Japanese swimmer and former world record holder in the 200 metre breaststroke.
Career
He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] 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.[2]
References
External links
- Ippei Watanabe at World Aquatics
- Ippei Watanabe at SwimRankings.net
- Ippei Watanabe at Olympics.com
- Ippei Watanabe at Olympedia
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Preceded by | Men's 200 metre breaststroke world record holder (long course) 29 January 2017 – 26 July 2019 | Succeeded by |
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- 1985: John Moffet (USA)
- 1987: Steve Bentley (USA)
- 1989: Mike Barrowman (USA)
- 1991: Mike Barrowman (USA)
- 1993: Phil Rogers (AUS)
- 1995: Akira Hayashi (JPN)
- 1997: Kurt Grote (USA)
- 1999: Simon Cowley (AUS)
- 2002: Brendan Hansen (USA)
- 2006: Brendan Hansen (USA)
- 2010: Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
- 2014: Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN)
- 2018: Ippei Watanabe (JPN)
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