Ippei Watanabe (swimmer)

Ippei Watanabe (渡辺 一平, Watanabe Ippei, born 18 March 1997) is a Japanese swimmer and former world record holder in the 200 metre breaststroke.

Ippei Watanabe
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1997-03-18) 18 March 1997
Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke

Career

He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

On 9 August 2016, Watanabe broke the Olympic record for the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics during the semi-final. In the final, he finished 6th.

At the Kosuke Kitajima Cup in Tokyo he broke the long course 200 metre breaststroke world record in a time of 2:06.67. He is also the first swimmer ever to go under 2:07.[2]

References

  1. "Ippei Watanabe". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. Race, Loretta. "Japan's Ippei Watanabe Rocks New 200 Breast World Record In Sub-2:07". Swim Swam. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
Records
Preceded by
Akihiro Yamaguchi
Men's 200 metre breaststroke
world record holder (long course)

29 January 2017 – 26 July 2019
Succeeded by
Anton Chupkov
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