AOKI Reona

Japan

Swimming

Date of Birth: 24 Feb 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.68/5'6''

Place of birth: TOKYO

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 100m Breaststroke

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley W
2019	Gwangju, KOR	4th (1:06.40)	SF (2:27.95)	6th (3:58.14)
2017	Budapest, HUN	SF (1:07.43)	SF (2:24.42)	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Free W	4x100Medley W
2018	Indonesia	2nd (1:06.45)	3rd (2:23.33)	1st (3:36.52)	1st

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley W
2018	Tokyo, JPN	3rd (1:06.34)	4th (2:24.46)	3rd (3:55.03)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2016	Tokyo, JPN	2nd (1:07.99)	1st (2:22.74)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	200Breast
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (2:21.18)

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:

Watching films. (a.isl.global, 01 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Business Management - Toyo University, Japan

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Mizuno [Japan]

Coach:

Norimasa Hirai [national, personal], JPN, from 2007

Start:

She began swimming at age three. She took up the sport seriously in grade three of primary school in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 11 Apr 2017; daily.co.jp, 24 Sep 2016)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sanspo.com, 05 Apr 2021)

Memorable:

Earning selection for the Japanese team at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo at the Japanese Olympic trials in April 2021. (Instagram profile, 11 Apr 2021)

Hero:

Japanese swimmer Rie Kaneto. (hochi.news, 23 Jul 2019)

Influence:

Coach Norimasa Hirai. (nhk.or.jp, 05 Apr 2021; the-ans.jp, 21 Jul 2018, 22 Jun 2019)

Philosophy:

"Small steps lead to big achievements." (a.isl.global, 01 Aug 2019)

Award:

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

General Interest

General
COACH INSPIRATION
During her sporting career, she considered quitting competitive swimming twice when she was in grade nine of middle school and in her fourth year of university. She was encouraged to continue her sporting career on both occasions by Norimasa Hirai, who has coached her since she was in primary school. "In grade nine my parents wanted me to focus on studying more than swimming. But coach Hirai persuaded them that I should continue because my performances in swimming would improve as I got older. I was then hesitant in deciding on a career path after completing my studies at university, as I thought that it would be meaningless for someone like me who lacked the talent to be a top athlete to keep swimming. But again, he was the one who told me to continue competitive swimming. Therefore, I want to win a medal for him at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo." (wattcycling.jp 09 Apr 2021; sanspo.com, 05 Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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