IRIE Ryosuke

Japan
Swimming
24 Jan 1990
33
Male
1.79/5'10''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 50m Backstroke 3 Bronze Medal
Men's 100m Backstroke 2 Silver Medal
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay
JPN
Japan
 3 Bronze Medal
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay
JPN
Japan
 2 Silver Medal

Records

Record Event Mark Date Location
AR Men's 200m Backstroke 1:52.51 31 July, 2009 Rome (ITA)
GR Men's 200m Backstroke 1:53.26 25 September, 2014 Incheon (KOR)

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Men's 100m Backstroke - Heat 3
Finished
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Men's 100m Backstroke Final
Finished
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Men's 50m Backstroke - Heat 2
Finished
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Men's 50m Backstroke Final
Finished
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 1
Finished
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final
Finished
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 2
Finished
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Games
1Men's 100m Backstroke2014Incheon, KOR52.34
1Men's 200m Backstroke2014Incheon, KOR1:53.26
1Men's 100m Backstroke2010Guangzhou, CHN53.61
1Men's 200m Backstroke2010Guangzhou, CHN1:55.45
1Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2010Guangzhou, CHN3:34.10
1Men's 200m Backstroke2006Doha, QAT1:58.85
2Men's 50m Backstroke2018Indonesia24.88
2Men's 100m Backstroke2018Indonesia52.53
2Men's 200m Backstroke2018Indonesia1:55.11
2Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2018Indonesia3:30.03
2Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay2018Indonesia3:41.21
2Men's 50m Backstroke2014Incheon, KOR24.98
2Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2014Incheon, KOR3:31.70
2Men's 50m Backstroke2010Guangzhou, CHN25.16
Olympic Games
2Men's 200m Backstroke2012London, GBR1:53.78
2Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2012London, GBR3:31.26
3Men's 100m Backstroke2012London, GBR52.97
5Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA3:31.97
5Men's 200m Backstroke2008Beijing, CHN1:55.72
6Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2020Tokyo, JPN3:29.91
7Men's 200m Backstroke2020Tokyo, JPN1:57.32
7Men's 100m Backstroke2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA53.42
8Men's 200m Backstroke2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:56.36
SemifinalMen's 100m Backstroke2020Tokyo, JPN53.21
World Championships
2Men's 200m Backstroke2011Shanghai, CHN1:54.11
2Men's 200m Backstroke2009Rome, ITA1:52.51
3Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2013Barcelona, ESP3:32.26
3Men's 100m Backstroke2011Shanghai, CHN52.98
4Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2019Gwangju, KOR3:30.35
4Men's 100m Backstroke2017Budapest, HUN53.03
4Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2017Budapest, HUN3:30.19
4Men's 200m Backstroke2015Kazan, RUS1:54.81
4Men's 100m Backstroke2013Barcelona, ESP53.29
4Men's 200m Backstroke2013Barcelona, ESP1:55.07
4Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2011Shanghai, CHN3:32.89
4Men's 100m Backstroke2009Rome, ITA52.73
5Men's 200m Backstroke2019Gwangju, KOR1:56.52
6Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2023Fukuoka, JPN3:32.58
6Men's 100m Backstroke2019Gwangju, KOR53.22
6Men's 100m Backstroke2015Kazan, RUS53.10
6Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2015Kazan, RUS3:31.10
7Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay2023Fukuoka, JPN3:45.33
7Men's 100m Backstroke2022Budapest, HUN52.83
7Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay2022Budapest, HUN3:45.28
7Men's 200m Backstroke2017Budapest, HUN1:56.35
7Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2009Rome, ITA3:30.91
SemifinalMen's 50m Backstroke2023Fukuoka, JPN25.21
SemifinalMen's 50m Backstroke2009Rome, ITA24.79
HeatsMen's 100m Backstroke2023Fukuoka, JPN53.98
HeatsMen's 50m Backstroke2022Budapest, HUN24.85
HeatsMen's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2022Budapest, HUN3:34.17
HeatsMen's 50m Backstroke2013Barcelona, ESPDNS
HeatsMen's 50m Backstroke2011Shanghai, CHNDNS
Pan Pacific Championships
3Men's 200m Backstroke2010Irvine, CA, USA1:55.21
East Asian Games
1Men's 50m Backstroke2009Hong Kong, CHN25.07
1Men's 100m Backstroke2009Hong Kong, CHN52.76
1Men's 200m Backstroke2009Hong Kong, CHN1:53.73
1Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2009Hong Kong, CHN3:31.71
World Championships Short Course
3Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2018Hangzhou, CHN3:21.07
3Men's 100m Backstroke2014Doha, QAT50.12
4Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay2022Melbourne, VIC, AUS1:31.28
4Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2022Melbourne, VIC, AUS3:22.70
4Men's 200m Backstroke2014Doha, QAT1:48.77
7Men's 200m Backstroke2018Hangzhou, CHN1:50.88
7Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay2018Hangzhou, CHN1:32.83
7Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2014Doha, QAT3:22.92
SemifinalMen's 50m Backstroke2022Melbourne, VIC, AUS23.49
SemifinalMen's 100m Backstroke2022Melbourne, VIC, AUS50.08
SemifinalMen's 100m Backstroke2018Hangzhou, CHN50.45
SemifinalMen's 50m Backstroke2014Doha, QAT23.63
Mare Nostrum
1Men's 100m Backstroke2022Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA53.00
1Men's 100m Backstroke2015Monaco53.27
1Men's 100m Backstroke2015Barcelona, ESP53.23
1Men's 100m Backstroke2015Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA53.39
1Men's 200m Backstroke2015Monaco1:55.36
1Men's 200m Backstroke2015Barcelona, ESP1:55.55
1Men's 200m Backstroke2015Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA1:55.23
2Men's 100m Backstroke2022Barcelona, ESP53.46
3Men's 50m Backstroke2022Barcelona, ESP24.94
4Men's 50m Backstroke2015Monaco25.53
5Men's 50m Backstroke2022Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA25.21
DNSMen's 200m Individual Medley2015Canet-en-Roussillon, FRADNS
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Ryochan, Iriemon (excite, 05 Sep 2018; TV Asahi, 05 Dec 2007)
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Karaoke. (hokto-kinoko, 01 Apr 2021)
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Athlete
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Law - Kindai University, Japan
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English, Japanese
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Itoman Toshin [Japan]
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Masataka Ishimatsu [club], JPN; Tsuyoshi Kato [national], JPN
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2006 for Japan, Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, Canada (tobiuojapan, 24 Jun 2015)
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In 2013 he suffered a hernia injury. (sportsnavi, 11 Apr 2014)

His training was disrupted ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games due to a shoulder injury. He went on to win one bronze medal and two silver medals at the Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 May 2021; sportiva, 10 Jun 2020)
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He began swimming at age four in Osaka, Japan. (ar-services, 08 May 2014)
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He followed his older brother Shinpei into the sport, but initially did not like swimming. His mother promised if he still did not enjoy it after a year she would ask the coach if he could quit. However, she forgot to honour her promise. "I only had negative feelings toward swimming. I really hated it, and wasn't very good at it either. I am what I am today because my mother didn't ask my coach to let me quit." (ajw, 11 Jul 2012)
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To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Twitter profile, 12 Jul 2022)
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Winning silver in the men's 4x100m medley relay at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 May 2021; hokto-kinoko, 01 Apr 2021)
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Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima. (tv-tokyo, 18 Oct 2018)
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His mother. (ajw, 11 Jul 2012)
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"Never lose to ones whom you have defeated." (Itoman Swimming School YouTube channel, 04 Feb 2021)
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He received an Excellence Award at the Japan Aquatics Awards in 2016, 2017, and 2018. (swim, 29 Jan 2019, 22 Jan 2018; tobiuojapan, 30 Jan 2017)

In 2015 and 2017 he received the Osaka Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (pref, 19 Sep 2017, 16 Sep 2015)

He was named the 2013 Swimmer of the Year by the Japan Swimming Federation. (asahi, 19 Mar 2014)

Additional Information

General
TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES
He considered retirement after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro but decided instead to relocate to San Diego, CA, United States of America, to join the Team Elite training group and prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games. He returned to Japan in 2020. "When I couldn't claim a medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, I felt a strong urge to quit immediately. I thought I might be outdated as an athlete. However, I wanted to demonstrate my abilities at the 2020 Olympic Games and made a big decision to train in a new environment by going to America. I thought I'd been swimming all the time in Japan and that I was running into a brick wall. I needed a change in environment to make me feel I could still compete and I was then able to see swimming from a new perspective." (olympics, 23 Feb 2021; sportiva, 07 Oct 2020, 11 Aug 2018; 4years, 23 Sep 2020; style.nikkei男子棍术, 11 Mar 2019; japantimes.co.jp, 18 Apr 2018)

BOOKS
In 2013 he released his autobiography 'Swim Towards a Dream: What I Learned From the Sport'. He then released a second autobiography entitled 'Still, I Keep Swimming' in 2020. (amazon, 01 Sep 2020; hmv, 01 Mar 2013)

Legend
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Silver Medal
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
AR:
Asian Record
GR:
Asian Games Record