(born October 3, 1987) is a

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Olympic and Nation Record holding swimmer. She swam for

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at the

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Major achievements

2006 Doha Asian Games * 50m breaststroke 2nd (32.27) * 100m breaststroke 1st (1:09.13) * 200m breaststroke 4th (2:28.81) * 200m individual medley 2nd (2:14.51) * 4 × 100 m medley relay 2nd (4:05.14) 2008 Beijing Olympics * 100m breaststroke 8th (Heat 1:08.36, Semifinal 1:08.23, Final 1:08.43) * 200m individual medley 6th (Heat 2:12.47 JR, Semifinal 2:12.02 JR, Final 2:11.56 JR) * 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 9th (Heat 3:39.25 JR) * 4 × 100 m medley relay 6th (Heat 3:59.91, Final 3:59.54 JR) JR: Japanese Record

Personal bests

In long course * 100m breaststroke: 1:08.23 (August 11, 2008) * 200m individual medley: 2:11.44 Japanese Record (September 6, 2008) In short course * 100m breaststroke: 1:05.17

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, Japanese Record (February 21, 2009) * 100m individual medley: 1:00.01 Japanese Record (February 21, 2009) * 200m individual medley: 2:08.77

, Japanese Record (February 22, 2009)

References

* http://www.joc.or.jp/beijing/athlete/aquatics/kitagawaasami.html 1987 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Japan Japanese female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Saitama (city) Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Japanese female breaststroke swimmers Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub