Rie Kaneto
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| Born |
8 September 1988 Shobara, Hiroshima, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Donghai SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Tsuyoshi Kato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rie Kaneto (金藤 理絵 Kanetō Rie, born 8 September 1988) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Kaneto broke both a Japanese and Asian record of 2:20.72 at the Japan University Championships in Kumamoto.[2] She is also a fifth-place finalist in the same stroke at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada, and at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy.[3] Kaneto is a physical education graduate at Tokai University in Hiroshima.
Kaneto made her international debut at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, where she captured a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke by less than 0.04 of a second behind South Korea's Jung Seul-Ki in 2:25.63. Kaneto's best effort in these games moved her up to twelfth in the world rankings.[4][5]
Kaneto qualified for the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second behind Megumi Taneda and clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 2:26.28 from the Olympic trials in Tokyo.[6] Kaneto touched out Taneda to take the seventh spot in the final by nine hundredths of a second (0.09), in an outstanding time of 2:25.14.[7][8]
At the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia, Kaneto set an Asian and Japanese mark of 2:22.32 to claim the 200 m breaststroke title, just a single hundredth margin off her record from the national championships (2:22.33).[9]
In 2010, Kaneto surprisingly missed out the podium in the 200 m breaststroke at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, when she placed fourth behind two Chinese swimmers and new champion Jeong Da-Rae of South Korea in 2:25.63.[10]
References
- ↑ "Rie Kaneto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ Mochizuki, Hideki (6 September 2009). "Japan University Championships: Rie Kaneto Smashes Asian Record in 200 Breast". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Rebecca Soni Out Too Fast, Fades Off Podium; Nadja Higl Drops Hammer in Final 50 for 200 Breast World Title". Swimming World Magazine. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ "World University Games: Exciting Finishes Highlight Third Night of Swimming". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ "Canadians make splash at Bangkok Universiade". The Ottawa Citizen (Canada.com). 12 August 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ Mochizuki, Hideki (20 April 2008). "Japanese Olympic Trials: Masayuki Kishida Sets National Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ Lohn, John (14 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Rebecca Soni Upsets Leisel Jones With 200 Breast World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ "World University Games, Swimming: Jason Dunford Sets African Record, Rie Kaneto Claims Asian Mark, Incredible 50 Breast Semis". Swimming World Magazine. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ "Asian Games: Tae Hwan Park Earns Third Gold, Zhao Jing Still Posting Fast Times". Swimming World Magazine. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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