SHIRAI Rio

Japan

Swimming

Date of Birth: 10 Sep 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.66/5'5''

Place of birth: TAKARAZUKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKYO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay JPN Japan

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	200Free	200Back	4x100Free W	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	8th (1:57.14)	H (2:14.98)	7th (3:36.79)	8th (7:56.31)

Asian Games

Year	Location	4x100Free W	4x200Free
2018	Indonesia	1st	2nd (7:53.83)

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	200Back	4x200Free
2018	Tokyo, JPN	H (55.44)	Final B (1:58.56)	Final B (2:11.91)	4th (7:48.96)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	200Back
2016	Tokyo, JPN	3rd (2:10.53)

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:

Listening to music, travelling. (Twitter profile, 04 Apr 2019; Instagram profile, 10 Mar 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Tourism - Toyo University , Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Toyo University [JPN] / JSS Takarazuka [JPN]

Coach:

Norimasa Hirai [national, Toyo University], JPN

Start:

She began swimming at age two at JSS Takarazuka in Japan. (Instagram profile, 14 Feb 2018; city.takarazuka.hyogo.jp, 15 Oct 2014)

Reason:

She followed her older brothers into the sport. She was later inspired to focus on swimming after watching Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima win two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. "Because all my brothers were swimming, I naturally took part in a swimming class. I don't have any memory that I wanted to do it, but I think that I enjoyed the feeling of touching water for the first time." (linkuptoyo.com, 27 Nov 2019)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sanspo.com, 27 Apr 2020)

Memorable:

Being selected to compete as a relay swimmer at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 24 Apr 2021; joc.or.jp, 11 Apr 2021)

Hero:

Japanese swimmers Reiko Nakamura and Aya Terakawa. (ytv-athlete.jp, 29 Jul 2017)

Philosophy:

"If you practice hard, there's no dream you can't fulfil." (toyo.ac.jp, 27 Nov 2019)

Award:

She received an Excellence Award at the 2018 Japan Aquatics Awards. (swim.or.jp, 29 Jan 2019)

She was given a Special Athlete Award at the 2018 Hyogo Prefecture Sports Awards in Japan. (web.pref.hyogo.lg.jp, 08 Nov 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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