Rikuto Tamai Explained

Rikuto Tamai
Sport:Diving
Birth Date:11 September 2006
Birth Place:Takarazuka, Japan

Rikuto Tamai (Japanese: 玉井 陸斗 Tamai Rikuto, born 11 September 2006) is a Japanese diver.[1] [2] [3] [4] He won Japan's first Olympic medal in diving at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[5]

In April 2019, he became the youngest ever national indoor diving champion.[6] In September of the same year, he became the youngest ever national diving champion.[7]

He was one of the youngest Japanese competitors at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.[8]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tamai won a silver medal in the men's 10 m platform event, with a score of 507.65. This was Japan’s first ever Olympics medal in diving.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rikuto TAMAI Profile FINA Official. 2021-07-25.
  2. Web site: Diving TAMAI Rikuto - Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 2021-07-25.
  3. Web site: Thirteen-year-old diver Rikuto Tamai advances to final Olympic qualifier. The Japan Times. 2021-08-29.
  4. Web site: 玉井 陸斗. NHK. 2021-08-29.
  5. Web site: 2024-08-11 . 17-year-old Rikuto Tamai makes history as Japan’s first diver to capture an Olympic medal . 2024-08-20 . World Aquatics . en.
  6. Web site: Rikuto Tamai becomes Japan's youngest indoor diving champion. The Japan Times. 2021-08-29.
  7. Web site: Newly minted teenager Tamai becomes Japan's youngest national diving champion. The Japan Times. 2021-08-29.
  8. Web site: historic qualification for Tokyo 2020. Olympics.com. 2021-08-29. 2021-07-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725162703/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/14-year-old-diving-star-tamai-rikuto-seals-historic-qualification-for-tokyo-2020. dead.
  9. Web site: Diving: Cao wins men's 10m platform to complete China's golden sweep. Reuters.

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