Rikako Ikee

Rikako Ikee
Personal information
National team Japan
Born (2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 (age 24)[1]
Tokyo, Japan
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships (SC) 0 0 3
Pan Pacific Championships 1 2 1
Asian Games 6 2 0
Asian Championships 4 3 0
World Junior Championships 5 2 4
Total 16 9 8
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 4×50 m mixed medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tokyo 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tokyo 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tokyo 4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tokyo 4×100 m medley
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 50m Butterfly
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2017 Indianapolis 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Indianapolis 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2017 Indianapolis 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2017 Indianapolis 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Indianapolis 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Indianapolis 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Indianapolis 4×100 m medley
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Maui 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Maui 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Maui 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Maui 4×200 m freestyle

Rikako Ikee (池江璃花子, Ikee Rikako, /ˈriːkəkoʊ ɪˈkeɪ/, Japanese: [ikee ɾiꜜkako]; born 4 July 2000) is a Japanese competitive swimmer. She is the national record holder in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter butterfly, and the junior world record holder in the 50-meter freestyle and 50-meter butterfly long-course events,[3] and the 50- and 100-meter butterfly, and 100-meter individual medley in short course.

At the 2018 Asian Games, Ikee won six gold and two silver medals, also becoming the first female athlete to win the Most Valuable Player award at the Asian Games.[4]

  1. ^ "Rikako Ikee Overview". Eurosport. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. ^ https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n2014559-ikee-rikako.htm [bare URL]
  3. ^ Race, Loretta (10 July 2016). "Rikako Ikee scores new World Junior Record in women's 50 butterfly". SwimSwam. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Golden girl Rikako Ikee becomes first female MVP in Asian Games history". Reuters. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via The Japan Times.