Suzuka Hasegawa (長谷川 涼香, Hasegawa Suzuka, born 25 January 2000) is a Japanese swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] In April 2017, Hasegawa broke the world junior record in the 200 butterfly with a 2:02.96 at Japanese Nationals.[2] She qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Suzuka Hasegawa
Suzuka Hasegawa in 2016
Personal information
Born (2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 (age 24)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 200 m butterfly
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 200 m butterfly
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Indianapolis 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Indianapolis 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Indianapolis 4×200 m freestyle
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Maui 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2014 Maui 4×100 m medley

When she was 14 years old, Hasegawa competed at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii, United States, where she won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 58.91 seconds, which was 0.23 seconds slower than the Championships record of 58.68 seconds set in 2012 by Noemie Thomas of Canada, as well as a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay with a final relay time of 4:04.11.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Suzuka Hasegawa". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Hasegawa Breaks Jr WR In 200 Fly With World-Leading 2:06.29". 15 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "No Additional Names Added As JASF Finalizes Host Nation's OLY Roster". SwimSwam. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  4. ^ Hy-Tek (31 August 2014). "Meet Results: 2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". swmeets.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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