Yuta Suenaga Explained

Yuta Suenaga
Fullname:Yuta Suenaga
Strokes:Breaststroke
Club:Team Arena
Coach:Toshiaki Kurosawa
Birth Date:7 April 1985
Birth Place:Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height:1.780NaN0
Weight:720NaN0
Show-Medals:yes

is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] [2] He attained a top eight finish in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and had been selected to represent Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3] Suenaga is an economics graduate at Hosei University in Tokyo.

Suenaga competed in a breaststroke double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he cleared FINA A-standard entry times of 1:00.72 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:10.17 (200 m breaststroke) at the Olympic Trials in Tokyo.[4] [5] [6] In the 100 m breaststroke, Suenaga posted a thirteenth fastest time of 1:00.67 on the first day of preliminaries to secure his spot for the semifinals.[7] [8] Followed by the next morning's session, Suenaga failed to qualify for the final, as he finished his semifinal run by matching his time and placement from the heats.[9] Four days later, 200 m breaststroke, Suenaga missed the semifinals by 0.11 of a second, as he shared his seventeenth-place tie with Norway's Alexander Dale Oen in 2:11.30.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yuta Suenaga. Beijing 2008. 21 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913085250/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/223921.shtml. 13 September 2008. dead.
  2. Yuta Suenaga. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212200/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/yuta-suenaga-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 4 December 2012.
  3. News: World University Games: Exciting Finishes Highlight Third Night of Swimming. Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2007. 6 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231123135/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/15427.asp. 31 December 2010.
  4. News: Mochizuki. Hideki. Japanese Olympic Trials: Kosuke Kitajima Wins 100 Breast, Reiko Nakamura Breaks One-Minute in 100 Back. Swimming World Magazine. 16 April 2008. 5 April 2013.
  5. News: Japanese Olympic Trials: Kosuke Kitajima Just Off 200 Breast World Record. Swimming World Magazine. 19 April 2008. 4 December 2012.
  6. News: Kitajima punches ticket to Olympics. The Japan Times Online. 19 April 2008. 4 December 2012.
  7. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 9 . . . 4 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062328/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM031900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .
  8. News: Lohn. John. Olympics, Swimming: Alexander Dale Oen Sets Olympic Record to Lead 100 Breast Prelims. Swimming World Magazine. 9 August 2008. 6 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130525174215/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18723.asp. 25 May 2013.
  9. Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinal 2. Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. 4 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821032347/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM031200/index.html. 21 August 2012. dead.
  10. Web site: Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 7 . . . 4 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821003419/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM032900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .

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