Runa Imai
Personal information
Full name今井月
National team Japan
Born (2000-08-15) August 15, 2000
Gifu, Japan
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, individual medley, breaststroke
ClubToyokawa High School[2]
CoachMasataka Fukada (club)
Norimasa Hirai (national)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place2018 Hangzhou100 m medley
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 200 m breaststroke
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 200 m medley
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naples200 m medley
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore4×100 m medley
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Maui 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2014 Maui 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Maui 100 m breaststroke

Runa Imai (今井 月, Imai Runa, born August 15, 2000) is a Japanese swimmer. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter individual medley. She swam the 11th best time in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, where she was eliminated with a 15th-place finish.[1]

Imai took up swimming aged three following her elder brother Hikaru, who is also a competitive swimmer. Her mother died in 2008.[2]

As a 14-year-old at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii, United States, Imai won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:26.04, the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1:09.25, and the silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 1:08.18 to contribute to the final time of 4:04.11.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Runa Imai". Rio Olympics. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Runa Imai. nbcolympics.com
  3. ↑ Hy-Tek (31 August 2014). "Meet Results: 2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". swmeets.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.


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