Ippei Watanabe (swimmer)

Ippei Watanabe

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	18 March 1997 Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record World Championships 2017 Budapest 200 m breaststroke 2019 Gwangju 200 m breaststroke Pan Pacific Championships 2018 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 200 m breaststroke 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m mixed medley 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m mixed medley Asian Championships 2016 Tokyo 100 m breaststroke 2016 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing 200 m breaststroke

Ippei Watanabe (渡辺 一平, Watanabe Ippei, born 18 March 1997) is a Japanese swimmer and former world record holder in the 200 metre breaststroke.

Career

He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 9 August 2016, Watanabe broke the Olympic record for the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics during the semi-final. In the final, he finished 6th.

At the Kosuke Kitajima Cup in Tokyo he broke the long course 200 metre breaststroke world record in a time of 2:06.67. He is also the first swimmer ever to go under 2:07.