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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
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 25) Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record World Championships 2017 Budapest 200 m breaststroke 2019 Gwangju 200 m breaststroke Pan Pacific Championships 2018 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 200 m breaststroke 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m mixed medley Asian Championships 2016 Tokyo 100 m breaststroke 2016 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing 200 m breaststroke

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

External links

• Ippei Watanabe at FINA
• Ippei Watanabe at SwimRankings.net
• Ippei Watanabe at Olympics.com
• Ippei Watanabe at Olympedia

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

На других языках

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- [en] Ippei Watanabe (swimmer)

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[es] Ippei Watanabe (nadador)

Ippei Watanabe –en japonés, 渡辺一平, Watanabe Ippei– (Tsukumi, 18 de marzo de 1997) es un deportista japonés que compite en natación, especialista en el estilo braza.[1]

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