Asumi Ōmura

Asumi Ōmura
Personal information
Nationality  Japan
Born (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Canoeing
Event(s) Sprint canoe
Club Waseda University[1]
Coached by Octavian Ispas[1]
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou K-2 500 m
2010 Guangzhou K-4 500 m

Asumi Ōmura (大村明日美, Ōmura Asumi, born November 11, 1989) is a Japanese sprint canoeist.[1][2] She won silver and bronze medal in the women's kayak doubles and four at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, respectively.[3][4] Ōmura is also a member of the canoe and kayak team at Waseda University in Shinjuku, and is coached and trained by Octavian Ispas of Romania.[1]

Ōmura represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Ōmura and her partner Shinobu Kitamoto failed to advance into the semi-finals, as they placed sixth in the second heat by approximately two seconds behind the Slovakian pair Ivana Kmeťová and Martina Kohlová, with a time of 1:47.323.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Asumi Ohmura". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Asumi Ohmura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Li Qiang wins men's canoe single 200m gold". CCTV News. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "China wins women's four 500m kayak gold at Asiad". Xinhua News Agency. China Daily. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.


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