Daiya Seto

Daiya Seto
Seto at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
National teamJapan
Born (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30)
Moroyama, Saitama, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, individual medley
ClubEnergy Standard
JSS Moroyama[1]
College teamWaseda University[1]
CoachTakayuki Umehara (club)
Norimasa Hirai[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Doha 400 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Istanbul 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windsor 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2014 Doha 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2016 Windsor 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2016 Windsor 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 200 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Gold Coast 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tokyo 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gold Coast 200 m medley
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 200 m medley
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 200 m medley
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 400 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei 200 m butterfly
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Honolulu 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 Honolulu 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2012 Honolulu 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2012 Honolulu 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2012 Honolulu 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Honolulu 4×100 m freestyle

Daiya Seto (瀬戸 大也, Seto Daiya, born 24 May 1994[2]) is a Japanese professional swimmer who specializes in individual medley, butterfly, breaststroke, and freestyle events. He holds the world record in the short course 400-metre individual medley and formerly held the world record in the short course 200-metre butterfly. He won the gold medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 2012,[3] 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2022 world short course championships, as well as at the 2013, 2015, and 2019 world long course championships.

  1. ^ a b c Daiya Seto Archived 13 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  2. ^ a b "Daiya Seto". FINA. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Daiya Seto Posts Asian Record; Chad Le Clos Blitzes Meet Record on Night Two of Worlds". Swimming World. Retrieved 1 January 2019.