Suzuka Hasegawa Explained

Suzuka Hasegawa
Strokes:Butterfly, freestyle
Birth Date:25 January 2000

is a Japanese swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] In April 2017, Hasegawa broke the world junior record in the 200 butterfly with a 2:02.96 at Japanese Nationals.[2] She qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

When she was 14 years old, Hasegawa competed at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii, United States, where she won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 58.91 seconds, which was 0.23 seconds slower than the Championships record of 58.68 seconds set in 2012 by Noemie Thomas of Canada, as well as a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay with a final relay time of 4:04.11.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suzuka Hasegawa . 10 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806085251/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/suzuka-hasegawa . 6 August 2016 .
  2. Web site: Hasegawa Breaks Jr WR In 200 Fly With World-Leading 2:06.29. 15 April 2017. 18 April 2017.
  3. Web site: 10 April 2021. No Additional Names Added As JASF Finalizes Host Nation's OLY Roster. 11 April 2021. SwimSwam. en-US.
  4. Hy-Tek (31 August 2014). "Meet Results: 2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". swmeets.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.