INUI Yukiko

Artistic Swimming

Date of Birth: 4 Dec 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: OMIHACHIMAN

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : OSAKA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Swimming	Duet JPN Japan	4
	Team JPN Japan	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Free Routine Preliminary	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Technical Routine	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Free Routine Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Team Technical Routine	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Team Free Routine	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Duet	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3rd (188.055)	3rd (189.206)
2012	London, GBR	5th (186.740)	5th (187.630)

World Championships

Year	Location	Solo TR	Solo FR	Duet TR	Duet FR	Team TR	Team FR	FR Combination
2019	Gwangju, KOR	3rd (92.308)	3rd (93.200)	4th (92.111)	4th (93.000)	4th (92.720)	4th (93.366)	4th (93.233)
2017	Budapest, HUN	4th (91.749)	4th (92.066)	4th (92.057)	4th (93.133)	3rd (93.159)	4th (93.100)	3rd (93.200)
2015	Kazan, RUS	5th (90.760)	5th (92.433)	3rd (92.007)	4th (93.433)	3rd (92.413)	3rd (93.900)	3rd (93.800)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	5th (91.900)	5th (91.600)	5th (91.700)	5th (91.620)	4th (92.200)	-	-
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	-	5th (92.800)	5th (92.710)	5th (93.100)	5th (92.860)	-
2009	Rome, ITA	-	-	4th (94.333)	6th (94.000)	5th (95.167)	6th (94.000)	5th (94.833)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Duet	Team
2018	Indonesia	2nd (182.336)	2nd (182.869)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Solo TR	Solo FR	Duet TR	Duet FR	Team FR	FR Combination	Teams Highlights
2016	Tokyo, JPN	1st (91.320)	1st (92.100)	1st (90.333)	1st (93.266)	1st (92.900)	1st (92.566)	1st

Legend
TR - Technical Routine, FR - Free Routine, PR - Preliminary Round, X - Mixed

Occupation:

University Staff

Economics - Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, JPN

Languages spoken:

Ashiya University [JPN] / Imura Artistic Swimming Club [JPN]

Masayo Imura [national, personal], JPN, from 2002

She sustained an injury to her left ankle in April 2012. (sankei.jp.msn.com, 12 May 2012)

She took up the sport in the first grade of primary school in Shiga, Japan. (olympicchannel.com, 09 Jun 2020; Athlete, 18 Jun 2012)

She wanted to try artistic swimming after watching a competition on television. (Athlete, 18 Jun 2012)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sanspo.com, 09 Jul 2020)

Russian artistic swimmer Natalia Ishchenko. (Athlete, 18 Jun 2012)

Philosophy:

"Challenges always exists where there is hope." (Athlete, 18 Jun 2012)

In 2018 and 2015 she received the Osaka Sports Excellence Award in Japan. She was also given the Kyoto City Sports Highest Honorary Award in Japan in 2018, 2017, and 2016. (city.kyoto.lg.jp, 19 Dec 2018, 18 Dec 2017; pref.osaka.lg.jp, 18 Sep 2018, 16 Sep 2015; sankei.com, 30 Dec 2016)

She received an Excellence Award at the 2017 Japan Aquatics Awards. (swim.or.jp, 22 Jan 2018)

In 2016 she was presented with the Shiga Prefecture Citizen Sports Grand Prize in Japan. (pref.shiga.lg.jp, 15 Dec 2016)

General Interest

General
LEADER
She has served as captain of the Japanese national team. (sanspo.com,08 Jul 2020)

Social Media

https://twitter.com/ikushimahiroshi

Legend

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

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