SATO Shoma

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Games
Semifinal	Men's 200m Breaststroke	2020	Tokyo, JPN	2:09.04
Heats	Men's 100m Breaststroke	2020	Tokyo, JPN	1:00.04
Heats	Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay	2020	Tokyo, JPN	3:44.15
World Championships
Semifinal	Men's 200m Breaststroke	2023	Fukuoka, JPN	2:10.72
Mare Nostrum
1	Men's 200m Breaststroke	2019	Monaco	2:10.31
3	Men's 200m Breaststroke	2019	Barcelona, ESP	2:10.28
3	Men's 200m Breaststroke	2019	Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA	2:10.00
8	Men's 100m Breaststroke	2019	Monaco	1:01.53
11	Men's 100m Breaststroke	2019	Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA	1:01.70
16	Men's 50m Breaststroke	2019	Monaco	29.75
19	Men's 100m Breaststroke	2019	Barcelona, ESP	1:02.61
29	Men's 50m Breaststroke	2019	Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA	29.54
33	Men's 50m Breaststroke	2019	Barcelona, ESP	29.64

Athlete

Keio University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Tokyo SC [Japan]

Takayuki Umehara [national], JPN

At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo he was affected by a hernia in his lower back that resulted from a stress fracture. (daily, 28 Aug 2021; swimswam, 01 Sep 2021)

He first swam as a baby, and took up the sport in grade three of primary school. (nikkansports, 26 Jan 2020)

He was taken to a pool by his father to learn water safety, as his father was a sailing enthusiast. He later joined the Tokyo Swimming Centre in Japan because he had friends who went there. (nikkansports, 26 Jan 2020)

To win gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (keispo, 22 Mar 2023)

British swimmer Adam Peaty, Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima, US swimmer Michael Phelps. (hochi, 26 Jan 2020)