Yumeki Kojima
Japanese swimmer (born 2008)
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Yumeki Kojima (小島夢貴, Kojima Yumeki; born 20 December 2008) is a Japanese swimmer.
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, Individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
On 21 March 2026, Kojima set a world junior record in the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 1:56.53.[1] In August 2026, he competed at the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and won a gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:55.38.[2][3] He also lowered his own world junior record during the heats of the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:08.69.[4]
In September 2026, he competed at the 2026 Asian Games. On the first day of the Asian Games he won a silver medal in the 200 metre individual medley with a world junior record time of 1:55.36.[5] On the third day of the competition he won a gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley with an Asian Games record and world junior record time of 4:07.02.[6][7]
