IKEE Rikako

Japan
Swimming
4 Jul 2000
23
Female
1.72/5'8''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle  
Women's 100m Freestyle  
Women's 50m Butterfly 3 Bronze Medal
Women's 100m Butterfly 5
Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
JPN
Japan
   Silver Medal
Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay  
Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2
Finished
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final
Finished
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Women's 100m Freestyle - Heat 3
Finished
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Women's 100m Butterfly - Heat 2
Finished
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Women's 100m Butterfly Final
Finished
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Women's 50m Freestyle - Heat 4
Finished
Followed by 		Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Women's 50m Butterfly - Heat 3
Finished
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena
Women's 50m Butterfly Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Games
1Women's 50m Freestyle2018Indonesia24.53
1Women's 100m Freestyle2018Indonesia53.27
1Women's 50m Butterfly2018Indonesia25.55
1Women's 100m Butterfly2018Indonesia56.30
1Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2018Indonesia3:36.52
1Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2018Indonesia3:54.73
2Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay2018Indonesia7:53.83
2Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay2018Indonesia3:41.21
Olympic Games
5Women's 100m Butterfly2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA56.86
8Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2020Tokyo, JPN3:58.12
8Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA3:37.78
8Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA7:56.76
SemifinalWomen's 100m Freestyle2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA54.31
HeatsWomen's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2020Tokyo, JPN3:36.20
HeatsMixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay2020Tokyo, JPN3:44.15
HeatsWomen's 50m Freestyle2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA25.45
HeatsWomen's 200m Freestyle2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:58.49
HeatsWomen's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA3:59.82
World Championships
4Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2017Budapest, HUN3:24.78
5Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay2017Budapest, HUN7:50.43
6Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2023Fukuoka, JPN3:58.02
6Women's 100m Butterfly2017Budapest, HUN57.08
7Women's 50m Butterfly2023Fukuoka, JPN25.78
7Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay2023Fukuoka, JPN3:45.33
7Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2017Budapest, HUN3:38.24
7Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay2015Kazan, RUS7:54.62
8Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2023Fukuoka, JPN3:38.61
SemifinalWomen's 100m Freestyle2023Fukuoka, JPN54.86
SemifinalWomen's 50m Freestyle2017Budapest, HUN24.84
SemifinalWomen's 50m Butterfly2017Budapest, HUN25.90
HeatsWomen's 50m Freestyle2023Fukuoka, JPN25.27
HeatsWomen's 100m Butterfly2023Fukuoka, JPN58.61
HeatsWomen's 100m Freestyle2017Budapest, HUN54.91
HeatsWomen's 50m Butterfly2015Kazan, RUS26.66
HeatsMixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2015Kazan, RUS3:28.54
HeatsWomen's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2015Kazan, RUS3:38.47
Asian Championships
1Women's 50m Freestyle2016Tokyo, JPN24.90
1Women's 50m Butterfly2016Tokyo, JPN25.74
1Women's 100m Butterfly2016Tokyo, JPN57.46
1Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2016Tokyo, JPN3:57.97
2Women's 100m Freestyle2016Tokyo, JPN53.68
2Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2016Tokyo, JPN3:37.71
2Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay2016Tokyo, JPN7:58.07
World Championships Short Course
3Women's 50m Butterfly2016Windsor, ON, CAN25.32
3Women's 100m Butterfly2016Windsor, ON, CAN55.64
3Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Relay2016Windsor, ON, CAN1:38.45
4Women's 100m Freestyle2016Windsor, ON, CAN52.12
4Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay2016Windsor, ON, CAN3:50.28
5Mixed 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay2016Windsor, ON, CAN1:30.95
5Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay2016Windsor, ON, CAN3:34.09
5Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay2016Windsor, ON, CAN7:41.97
SemifinalWomen's 50m Freestyle2016Windsor, ON, CAN24.42
Mare Nostrum
1Women's 100m Freestyle2018Monaco53.64
1Women's 100m Freestyle2018Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA53.10
1Women's 50m Butterfly2018Monaco25.53
1Women's 50m Butterfly2018Barcelona, ESP25.32
1Women's 50m Butterfly2018Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA25.11
1Women's 100m Butterfly2018Monaco56.23
1Women's 100m Butterfly2018Barcelona, ESP56.40
1Women's 100m Butterfly2018Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA57.47
2Women's 50m Butterfly2023Barcelona, ESP25.77
2Women's 50m Freestyle2018Monaco25.18
2Women's 50m Butterfly2017Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA25.79
2Women's 50m Butterfly2017Monaco25.95
2Women's 100m Freestyle2016Barcelona, ESP54.15
2Women's 100m Butterfly2016Barcelona, ESP57.93
2Women's 50m Butterfly2015Monaco26.29
3Women's 50m Butterfly2023Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA25.89
3Women's 50m Freestyle2018Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA24.80
3Women's 100m Freestyle2018Barcelona, ESP53.92
3Women's 100m Butterfly2015Monaco58.95
4Women's 50m Butterfly2016Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA25.97
5Women's 50m Freestyle2016Barcelona, ESP25.08
5Women's 50m Freestyle2016Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA25.05
5Women's 100m Freestyle2015Barcelona, ESP55.34
6Women's 100m Butterfly2017Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA58.29
6Women's 50m Butterfly2015Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA26.39
7Women's 100m Freestyle2023Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA55.27
8Women's 200m Freestyle2018Barcelona, ESP2:07.56
8Women's 100m Freestyle2016Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA55.98
9Women's 200m Individual Medley2016Barcelona, ESP2:13.52
10Women's 100m Butterfly2015Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA58.99
11Women's 50m Freestyle2017Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA25.39
13Women's 200m Freestyle2015Barcelona, ESP2:01.46
14Women's 50m Freestyle2015Monaco26.42
14Women's 100m Freestyle2015Monaco57.27
17Women's 100m Freestyle2015Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA55.91
18Women's 100m Freestyle2017Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA55.11
20Women's 50m Freestyle2015Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA26.10
20Women's 200m Individual Medley2015Barcelona, ESP2:19.22
22Women's 100m Backstroke2015Barcelona, ESP1:05.09
25Women's 200m Freestyle2016Canet-en-Roussillon, FRA2:02.60
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Colouring books, puzzles, watching films. (rikako-ikee, 13 Jun 2019)
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Sports Science - Nihon University , Tokyo, JPN
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English, Japanese
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Renaissance [Japan]
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Isamu Nishizaki [club], JPN
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2014 for Japan, World Cup in Tokyo, Japan (tobiuojapan, 04 Jul 2015)
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She sustained pain in her left shoulder and ankle in 2017. (hochi, 26 Jul 2017)
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She began the sport at age three. (nikkansports, 03 Aug 2015)
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She was encouraged by her older brother and sister. (nikkansports, 03 Aug 2015)
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To win a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (hochi,07 Jan 2023)
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Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino. (s-re, 2014)
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"Keep it up." (Twitter profile, 13 Feb 2019)
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She was given the Swimmer of the Year Award at the 2018 Japan Aquatics Awards. (swimswam, 28 Jan 2019; bbm-japan, 29 Jan 2019)

She received a Special Award at the 68th Japan Sports Awards in 2018. (msn, 14 Dec 2018)

She was Japan's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (swimmingworldmagazine, 03 Sep 2018)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia by the Olympic Council of Asia [OCA]. (swimswam, 02 Sep 2018)

She was given an Excellence Award and Arena Sprint Award at the 2017 Japan Aquatic Awards. (tobiuojapan, 23 Jan 2018)

She received Big Sports Award at the 2017 TV Asahi Big Sports Awards in Japan. (sportsbull, 12 Jan 2018)

She was awarded the FINA Trophy for the Best Female Swimmer at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Indianapolis, IN, United States of America. (fina, 29 Aug 2017)

Additional Information

General
OVERCOMING ILLNESS
She was diagnosed with leukaemia in February 2019. She spent time away from the sport to receive treatment and was discharged from hospital in December 2019. She resumed pool training seriously in May 2020, and returned to competitive action at the Tokyo Special Swimming Tournament in August 2020. Despite her claims that she was aiming for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, she went on to compete in relay events at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. "Really a lot of things happened over the past five years and the Tokyo Olympics was something that I gave up on at one point. But I feel really happy to have been able to swim as a relay member in the final [of the women's 4x100m medley relay]. One year ago [speaking in 2021], I did start swimming but I wasn't participating in any competitions. I didn't even think I'd be here at a world competition and as a representative of my country and as a representative who has overcome illness. Being back here I felt again that I want to be a person who can inspire others." (japantimes, 05 Jun 2019; rikako-ikee, 17 Mar 2020; nikkansports, 08 Feb 2020, 19 Feb 2020; Instagram profile, 08 Feb 2020; asahi男子棍术, 02 Jul 2020; olympics.nbcsports男子棍术, 02 Jul 2020; daily.co.jp, 29 Aug 2020; olympicchannel男子棍术, 04 Apr 2021; swimswam男子棍术, 04 Apr 2021; kkt.jp, 08 Jan 2022; swimmingworldmagazine男子棍术, 03 Aug 2021)

MESSAGE OF HOPE
In July 2020 she was featured in a video that marked the one-year countdown to the postponed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Ikee stood in an empty National Stadium holding the Olympic flame and delivered a message comparing the difficulties of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic with her own battle with cancer. "Think of the coming year, not simply as a one-year postponement, but as a plus one. To overcome adversity, what we need most is hope - a flame of hope glowing in the distance allows us to keep trying, to keep moving forward no matter how hard it is." (tokyo2020, 24 Jul 2020; insidethegames, 23 Jul 2020)

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