VAKASAMA Taichi

Fiji

Swimming

Date of Birth: 12 Oct 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Place of birth: SAITAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : NADI

Residence Country:

Fiji

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 200m Breaststroke

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Breaststroke - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (1:03.18)	H (2:18.23)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (1:01.16)	H (2:13.84)

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	50Breast	100Breast	200Breast	200IndMed	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M	4x100Medley X
2017	Indianapolis, IN, USA	H (29.33)	H (1:03.99)	H (2:21.47)	H (2:11.44)	H (3:42.02)	H (4:04.17)	H (DNS)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Hobbies:

Anime, cartoons. (results.gc2018.com, 01 Apr 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Medicine - University of Fiji, Fiji

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Club name:

Mako Swim Club [Fiji]

Coach:

Marlene Blake [national]; Marlene Vuniwaqa

Start:

He took up swimming at school in 2008 at age nine. (samoaobserver.ws, 10 Jul 2019; fijitimes.com, 11 Mar 2020)

Reason:

One of his swimming coaches at school encouraged him to pursue the sport. (samoaobserver.ws, 10 Jul 2019)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fijitimes.com, 11 Mar 2020)

Memorable:

Winning gold in the 200m breaststroke at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa. (samoaobserver.ws, 10 Jul 2019)

Influence:

His parents. (samoaobserver.ws, 10 Jul 2019)

Ritual:

He likes to get his hair cut the week before a competition. (results.gc2018.com, 01 Apr 2021)

Philosophy:

"I motivate myself by making rivals in the pool and pushing myself to beat them. Being an athlete has helped me improve my time management skills and keeps me fit and healthy, which gives a good impression to others. Participating in sports automatically improves athletes' manners and discipline through sportsmanship." (fijitimes.com, 11 Mar 2020)

Award:

He was named 2019 Overall Male Swimmer of the Year by Fiji Swimming. (Fiji Sun, 15 Feb 2020)

General Interest

General
TIME MANAGEMENT
In 2019 he spoke about the difficulties of studying for a degree in medicine and training as a swimmer. "I study medicine and I train early in the morning around 05:00 and then it's off to university for eight to nine hours before I'm back in the pool training again. Time management is a challenge that I face. Sometimes it feels like there is no time to study. I'm currently studying medicine, a six-year course. I hope to complete my studies and teach medicine at university." (fijisun.com.fj, 13 Jul 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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