Yui Ohashi

Yui Ohashi (Japanese: 大橋 悠依, Hepburn: Ōhashi Yui, born 18 October 1995) is a Japanese swimmer, specializing in the medley events. She became the first Japanese woman to dip beneath the 2:08-barrier in the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing with a silver-medal time and a national record of 2:07.91.[1][2][3][4]

Yui Ohashi
Ohashi in 2020
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995
Hikone, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley
ClubItoman Toshin
College teamToyo University

References
  1. "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results". FINA. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. "Japan's Ohashi Takes 200 IM Silver In New Japanese Record". SwimSwam. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. "Ohashi blazes to silver in 200 IM in record time". The Japan Times. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.


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