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Yui Ohashi
Ohashi in 2020
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 28)
Hikone, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley
ClubItoman Toshin
College teamToyo University

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]

Ohashi qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] She won Japan's second gold in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the Women's 400m individual medley. She also won the gold medal in the Women's 200m individual medley.

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  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. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ "No Additional Names Added As JASF Finalizes Host Nation's OLY Roster". SwimSwam. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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