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Japanese swimmer (born 1987)
Asami Kitagawa (北川 麻美 , Kitagawa Asami ) (born October 3, 1987) is a
Japanese Olympic and
Nation Record holding swimmer. She swam for
Japan at the
2008 Olympics .
Major achievements
2006 Doha Asian Games
50m breaststroke 2nd (32.27)
100m breaststroke 1st (1:09.13)
200m breaststroke 4th (2:28.81)
200m individual medley 2nd (2:14.51)
4 × 100 m medley relay 2nd (4:05.14)
2008
Beijing Olympics
100m breaststroke 8th (Heat 1:08.36, Semifinal 1:08.23, Final 1:08.43)
200m individual medley 6th (Heat 2:12.47 JR , Semifinal 2:12.02 JR , Final 2:11.56 JR )
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 9th (Heat 3:39.25 JR )
4 × 100 m medley relay 6th (Heat 3:59.91, Final 3:59.54 JR )
JR :
Japanese Record
Personal bests
In long course
100m breaststroke: 1:08.23 (August 11, 2008)
200m individual medley: 2:11.44 Japanese Record (September 6, 2008)
In short course
100m breaststroke: 1:05.17
Asian , Japanese Record (February 21, 2009)
100m individual medley: 1:00.01 Japanese Record (February 21, 2009)
200m individual medley: 2:08.77
Asian , Japanese Record (February 22, 2009)
References