Asami Kitagawa

Asami Kitagawa

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1987-10-03) October 3, 1987 (age 37) Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, IM
Medal record Pan Pacific Championships 2006 Victoria 200 m breaststroke 2006 Victoria 4x100 m medley

Asami Kitagawa (北川 麻美, Kitagawa Asami) (born October 3, 1987) is a Japanese Olympic and Nation Record holding swimmer. She swam for Japan at the 2008 Olympics.

2006 Doha Asian Games

• 50m breaststroke 2nd (32.27)
• 100m breaststroke 1st (1:09.13)
• 200m breaststroke 4th (2:28.81)
• 200m individual medley 2nd (2:14.51)
• 4 × 100 m medley relay 2nd (4:05.14)

2008 Beijing Olympics

• 100m breaststroke 8th (Heat 1:08.36, Semifinal 1:08.23, Final 1:08.43)
• 200m individual medley 6th (Heat 2:12.47 JR, Semifinal 2:12.02 JR, Final 2:11.56 JR)
• 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 9th (Heat 3:39.25 JR)
• 4 × 100 m medley relay 6th (Heat 3:59.91, Final 3:59.54 JR)

JR: Japanese Record

In long course

• 100m breaststroke: 1:08.23 (August 11, 2008)
• 200m individual medley: 2:11.44 Japanese Record (September 6, 2008)

In short course

• 100m breaststroke: 1:05.17 Asian, Japanese Record (February 21, 2009)
• 100m individual medley: 1:00.01 Japanese Record (February 21, 2009)
• 200m individual medley: 2:08.77 Asian, Japanese Record (February 22, 2009)

• http://www.joc.or.jp/beijing/athlete/aquatics/kitagawaasami.html

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