Ippei Watanabe (swimmer)
Japanese swimmer (born 1997)
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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.
NationalityJapanese
Born18 March 1997
Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1997 Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
