Yui Ohashi (Japanese: 大橋 悠依, Hepburn: Ōhashi Yui, born 18 October 1995) is a retired Japanese swimmer, specializing in the medley events. She became the first Japanese woman to dip beneath the 2:08-barrier in the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing with a silver-medal time and a national record of 2:07.91.[1][2][3][4]

Yui Ohashi
Ohashi in 2020
Personal information
Born (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 29)
Hikone, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley
ClubItoman Toshin
College teamToyo University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 0 1 1
Pan Pacific Championships 2 0 0
Asian Games 1 2 0
Total 5 3 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 400 m medley
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 400 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo 400 m medley
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 4×200 m freestyle
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tokyo 400 m medley
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei 4×200 m freestyle

Ohashi qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] She won Japan's second gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the Women's 400m individual medley. She also won the gold medal in the Women's 200m individual medley.

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References

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  1. ^ "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results". FINA. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Japan's Ohashi Takes 200 IM Silver In New Japanese Record". SwimSwam. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Ohashi blazes to silver in 200 IM in record time". The Japan Times. 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ "No Additional Names Added As JASF Finalizes Host Nation's OLY Roster". SwimSwam. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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