Aya Takano (swimmer)
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Born | Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan | 14 March 1994||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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Aya Takano (高野 綾, Takano Aya, born May 14, 1994) is a Japanese swimmer, who was selected to the national team to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, after having accepted an invitation from FINA, based on her B-standard time.[1][2] She competed in the women's 400 m freestyle, where she placed twenty-sixth in the heats, with a time of 4:12.33. She also joined the women's national team for the women's freestyle relay events, where she and her teammates finished in seventh and eighth place, respectively.
Takano is a sports science student at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, and is currently a member of Itoman Club, being trained by Masato Nishiwaki.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aya Takano". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 400 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ "Aya Takano". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
Categories:
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for Japan
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Ibaraki, Osaka
- 1994 births
- Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Japanese female freestyle swimmers
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Japanese swimming biography stubs