Ryuichi Shibata

Ryuichi Shibata (柴田 隆一, Shibata Ryuichi, born December 14, 1983) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1][2] He represented his nation Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has won a career total of three medals (one silver and two bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the Asian Games, Pan Pacific Championships, and Summer Universiade. Shibata also established both his personal best and Japanese techsuit-era record of 1:51.30 at the 2007 FINA World Cup in Singapore, until it was finally smashed by Hidemasa Sano at the Japan Swimming Open in 2010.[3] Shibata is a student at Nihon University in Tokyo.

Ryuichi Shibata
Personal information
Full nameRyuichi Shibata
National team Japan
Born (1983-12-14) 14 December 1983
Fukuoka, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubTeam Arena[1]
CoachToshiaki Kurosawa[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Japan
Pan Pacific Championships
2006 Victoria200 m butterfly
Asian Games
2006 Doha200 m butterfly
Summer Universiade
2005 Izmir4×100 m medley

In 2006, Shibata won a bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar (1:56.44), and a silver at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1:55.82), finishing behind American swimmer and world-record holder Michael Phelps.[4][5]

Shibata competed for the Japanese squad in the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he cleared a FINA A-standard entry time of 1:55.57 at the Olympic Trials in Tokyo. Moreover, Shibata's surprising triumph dashed the hopes of two-time Olympic medalist Takashi Yamamoto, who finished behind him in third and thereby missed out on his fourth Olympic bid.[6][7] Despite entering the semifinals with an eleventh-seeded time of 1:55.82 from the evening prelims, Shibata tried to command his lead over all-time Olympian Michael Phelps at the final turn of the race, but faded down the stretch to hit the wall in seventh position and twelfth overall. Shibata's semifinal mark of 1:56.17 was not worthy enough to advance him further to the top 8 final.[8][9]

References
  1. "Ryuichi Shibata". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ryuichi Shibata". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  3. "Japan Open: Tang Yi, Jiao Liuyang, Hidemasa Sano Set Respective National Records". Swimming World Magazine. 27 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  4. Marsteller, Jason (6 December 2006). "China Dominates Women's Meet, Splits With Japan in Men's Action at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  5. "Phelps breaks own 200 fly world record at Pan Pacific". ESPN. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  6. "Japanese Olympic Trials: Big Upset Happens on Fourth Night". Swimming World Magazine. 19 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  7. "Shibata outsprints Matsuda in 200 fly". The Japan Times Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  8. "Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinal 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  9. "Business as usual as Phelps makes 200m fly final". ABC News Australia. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2016.


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