IGARASHI Chihiro

Date of Birth: 24 May 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: YOKOHAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : YOKOHAMA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay JPN Japan
	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay JPN Japan
	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay JPN Japan	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x200Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (1:57.88)	H (4:07.52)	8th (7:56.76)

World Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	400IndMed	4x100Free W	4x100Free X	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	SF (1:58.97)	H (4:13.81)	-	-	-	8th (7:56.31)
2017	Budapest, HUN	SF (1:57.96)	-	-	7th (3:38.24)	4th (3:24.78)	5th (7:50.43)
2015	Kazan, RUS	SF (1:57.75)	H (4:13.43)	H (4:43.06)	-	-	7th (7:54.62)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	H (1:59.00)	H (4:12.44)	-	-	-	8th (7:58.15)

Asian Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x100Free W	4x200Free
2018	Indonesia	3rd (1:57.49)	3rd (4:08.48)	1st (3:36.52)	2nd (7:53.83)

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	400Free	4x100Free W	4x200Free
2018	Tokyo, JPN	Final B (55.05)	7th (1:57.83)	7th (4:11.96)	4th (3:36.93)	4th (7:48.96)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x200Free
2016	Tokyo, JPN	5th (2:00.35)	2nd (4:08.69)	2nd (7:58.07)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x100Free	4x200Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (1:55.21)	H (4:06.21)	4th (3:31.68)	5th (7:42.97)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (1:55.92)	3rd (3:59.41)	-	5th (7:41.97)

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

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Physical Education - Nippon Sport Science University, Japan

Languages spoken:

Take and Give Needs [JPN] / JSS [JPN]

Norimasa Hirai [national], JPN

She began the sport at age three. (junior.minicity-plus.jp, 27 Nov 2013)

Her mother wanted her to learn swimming for safety reasons and there was a swimming school near her house. (tgn.co.jp, 02 Apr 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 02 Oct 2017)

Japanese swimmer Aya Terakawa. (Swimming Magazine, 11 Apr 2013)

Her family. (tgn.co.jp, 02 Apr 2019)

Philosophy:

"Believe in yourself." (a.isl.global, 01 Sep 2019)

She received an Excellence Award at the Japan Aquatics Awards in 2018, 2017 and 2016. (bbm-japan.com, 29 Jan 2019; tobiuojapan.org, 23 Jan 2018, 30 Jan 2017)

In 2016 she was presented with the Aoba-ku Achievement Award in Yokohama, Japan. (city.yokohama.jp, 09 Nov 2017)

Social Media

Legend

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

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