Rio Shirai
Shirai in 2020
Personal information
Born (1999-09-10) 10 September 1999
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 4×200 m freestyle
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Maui 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2014 Maui 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Maui 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Maui 4×200 m freestyle

Rio Shirai (白井 璃緒, Shirai Rio, born 10 September 1999) is a Japanese swimmer.[1] She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2018 Asian Games, winning the gold medal.[2]

As a 14-year-old at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii, United States, Shirai won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a 2:11.67, the bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke with a 1:01.82, and a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay with a final relay time of 4:04.11.[3] The following edition, the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships also held in Hawaii, United States, she won a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:59.88 for the fourth leg of the relay to help achieve a final time of 8:08.12.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rio Shirai". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Swimming: Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Hy-Tek (31 August 2014). "Meet Results: 2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". swmeets.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Hy-Tek (27 August 2016). "Meet Results: 2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". swmeets.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.


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