Ippei Watanabe (swimmer)

Ippei Watanabe
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	18 March 1997 (age 27); Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record
World Championships
Pan Pacific Championships
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Youth Olympic Games

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.

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

^ "Ippei Watanabe". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
^ Race, Loretta (29 January 2017). "Japan's Ippei Watanabe Rocks New 200 Breast World Record In Sub-2:07". Swim Swam. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

External links

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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[Bio-1] "Ippei Watanabe". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

[2] Race, Loretta (29 January 2017). "Japan's Ippei Watanabe Rocks New 200 Breast World Record In Sub-2:07". Swim Swam. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

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