KONISHI Anna

Date of Birth: 10 May 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.59/5'2''

Place of birth: TOYOOKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOYOTA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

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

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - Heat 4	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 2	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

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	4x100Medley W
2018	Indonesia	4th (28.37)	2nd (59.67)	1st

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	100Back	200Back
2018	Tokyo, JPN	8th (DSQ)	Final B (2:09.44)

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

Sports Science - Chukyo University, Japan

Languages spoken:

Saisan [JPN] / Gas One [JPN]

Kenta Kusanagi [personal], JPN; Norimasa Hirai [national], JPN

She began swimming at age two in Toyooka, Japan. (kobe-np.co.jp, 05 Apr 2021)

She was encouraged by her older sister. (kobe-np.co.jp, 23 Apr 2018)

To win a medal in backstroke at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and to compete at the 2024 Games in Paris. (tokai-tv.co, 30 Apr 2021; nhk.or.jp, 04 Oct 2020)

Throughout her career she has focused on improving her backstroke starts. In training she attaches a weight belt around her waist to help increase her strength when pushing off the wall. (tokai-tv.co, 05 Feb 2019)

Philosophy:

"My efforts do not betray me." (Instagram profile, 15 Apr 2021)

In 2018 she was given the Kounotori Award by the Mayor of Toyooka, Japan. (Sun TV YouTube channel, 13 Sep 2018)

In 2017 she received the Hyogo Prefecture Sports Special Award in Japan. (web.pref.hyogo.lg.jp, 14 May 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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