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Runa Imai
Personal information
Full name今井月
National team Japan
Born (2000-08-15) August 15, 2000 (age 23)
Gifu, Japan
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
ClubToyokawa High School[1]
CoachMasataka Fukada (club)
Norimasa Hirai (national)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 100 m medley
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 200 m medley
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naples 200 m medley
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 4×100 m medley

Runa Imai (今井 月, Imai Runa, born August 15, 2000) is a Japanese swimmer. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter individual medley. She swam the 11th best time in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, where she was eliminated with a 15th-place finish.[2]

Imai took up swimming aged three following her elder brother Hikaru, who is also a competitive swimmer. Her mother died in 2008.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Runa Imai. nbcolympics.com
  2. ^ a b "Runa Imai". Rio Olympics. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.