OHASHI Yui

Japan

Swimming

Date of Birth: 18 Oct 1995

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'9''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 200m Individual Medley	6

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena	Women's 200m Individual Medley - Heat 1	Finished
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena	Women's 200m Individual Medley Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
1	Women's 400m Individual Medley	2018	Indonesia	4:34.58
2	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2018	Indonesia	2:08.88
2	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay	2018	Indonesia	7:53.83
4	Women's 200m Freestyle	2018	Indonesia	2:00.29
Olympic Games
1	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2020	Tokyo, JPN	2:08.52
1	Women's 400m Individual Medley	2020	Tokyo, JPN	4:32.08
World Championships
2	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2017	Budapest, HUN	2:07.91
3	Women's 400m Individual Medley	2019	Gwangju, KOR	4:32.33
4	Women's 400m Individual Medley	2017	Budapest, HUN	4:34.50
5	Women's 400m Individual Medley	2022	Budapest, HUN	4:37.99
6	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2023	Fukuoka, JPN	2:11.27
8	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2019	Gwangju, KOR	DSQ
Semifinal	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2022	Budapest, HUN	2:12.05
Asian Championships
1	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2016	Tokyo, JPN	2:11.46
3	Women's 400m Individual Medley	2016	Tokyo, JPN	4:44.75
World Championships Short Course
6	Women's 400m Individual Medley	2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	4:33.07
7	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	2:08.89
Semifinal	Women's 100m Individual Medley	2022	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	59.45
Semifinal	Women's 100m Individual Medley	2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	1:00.93
Heats	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2022	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	2:08.12
Mare Nostrum
2	Women's 200m Individual Medley	2022	Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA	2:11.28
4	Women's 400m Individual Medley	2022	Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA	4:44.08
6	Women's 100m Butterfly	2022	Barcelona, ESP	59.50

Hobbies:

Listening to music. (Instagram profile, 19 Dec 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Tourism - Toyo University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Itoman Toshin [Japan]

Coach:

Tsuyoshi Kato [national], JPN; Masataka Ishimatsu [personal], JPN, from 2021

Injuries:

She dislocated her left patella [kneecap] during her first year at Toyo University in Tokyo, Japan. (post, 28 Jun 2018)

Start:

She took up the sport at age six. (itoman, 29 Mar 2018; pref, 16 Feb 2018)

Reason:

She was encouraged by her older sister. (itoman, 29 Mar 2018)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (nikkansports, 05 Sep 2022)

Hero:

Japanese swimmer Ryosuke Irie. (nikkansports, 07 Feb 2018)

Influence:

Coaches Norimasa Hirai and Naofumi Okuta. (asahi, 29 Jul 2021)

Ritual:

On competition days she likes to wear socks with the mascot of the city government of Hikone. (pref, 16 Feb 2018)

Philosophy:

"I believe that I can do it." (number, 19 Aug 2018)

Award:

In 2021 she was presented with the Shiga Prefecture Citizen Honorary Award in Japan. (nikkansports, 18 Oct 2021)

In 2019 she was given the Kozumki Sports Award by the Kozuki Foundation in Japan. (tv-tokyo, 08 Sep 2019)

In 2019 she was appointed one of the 2019/20 Japanese Olympic Committee [JOC] Next Symbol Athletes. (Japan Olympic Team YouTube channel, 24 Oct 2019)

She was given an Excellence Award at the 2018 Japan Aquatic Awards. (swim, 29 Jan 2019; sponichi, 28 Jan 2019)

In 2017 she was presented with the Shiga Prefecture Sports Grand Special Award by the governor of Shiga Prefecture in Japan. (pref, 16 Feb 2018)

In 2017 she was given a Rookie Award by the Tokyo Sports Journalists Club in Japan. (tobiuojapan, 23 Jan 2018)

She received the Best Swimmer Award at the 2017 Japan Aquatic Awards. (tobiuojapan, 23 Jan 2018)

Additional Information

General
OVERCOMING SETBACKS
She considered quitting the sport after placing 40th at the 2015 National Championships in Japan. Subsequent medical examinations then revealed she had extreme anaemia, which she overcame through medication and dietary improvements. Her form improved dramatically, but in 2019 she revealed that she was feeling the pressure of expectations rising over her performances. "The [2015] experience was probably the turning point of my swimming career. I thought that I would never have to suffer like that again, but in 2019 I hit another wall. The problem was mental, and there was no clear solution. In that sense, I was struggling more than in 2015. Things don't always turn out the way you want them to, but I've been able to collect my thoughts over the past year or so. Thinking about why I compete or what I want to do in the future, and experiencing all these different thoughts and feelings has made me a more mature person." (tokyo2020, 09 Apr 2021; sankei, 21 Nov 2018; number, 19 Aug 2018; the-ans, 09 Aug 2018; post.tv-asahi.co, 28 Jun 2018)

Milestones

She became the first female swimmer representing Japan to win two gold medals at a single edition of the Olympic Games by claiming victory in the 200m individual medley and 400m individual medley at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Dec 2021; kyodonewsprwire, 08 Oct 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event