Yui Ohashi Explained
| Yui Ohashi |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Strokes: | Medley |
| Club: | Itoman Toshin |
| Collegeteam: | Toyo University |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Hikone, Japan |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Weight: | 55 kg |
is a Japanese swimmer, specializing in the medley events. She became the first Japanese woman to dip beneath the 2:08-barrier in the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing with a silver-medal time and a national record of 2:07.91.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Ohashi qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] She won Japan's second gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the Women's 400m individual medley. She also won the gold medal in the Women's 200m individual medley.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results. 27 July 2017 . FINA.
- Web site: 2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes . 27 July 2017 . Budapest 2017.
- News: Japan's Ohashi Takes 200 IM Silver In New Japanese Record. 27 July 2017. 24 July 2017. SwimSwam.
- News: Ohashi blazes to silver in 200 IM in record time. 27 July 2017. 24 July 2017. The Japan Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20171117163923if_/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/07/25/more-sports/swimming/ohashi-blazes-silver-200-im-record-time/#.Wg8QzvfnhhE. 2017-11-17.
- Web site: 10 April 2021. No Additional Names Added As JASF Finalizes Host Nation's OLY Roster. 11 April 2021. SwimSwam. en-US.
