is a Japanese

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. She competed in the

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event at the

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, winning the gold medal. As a 14-year-old at the

2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held from 27 to 31 August 2014 in Maui, Hawaii, United States.

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, Shirai won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a 2:11.67, the bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke with a 1:01.82, and a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay with a final relay time of 4:04.11.Hy-Tek (31 August 2014)
"Meet Results: 2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
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2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held from 24 to 27 August 2016 at Lahaina Aquatic Center in Maui, Hawaii, United States.

also held in Hawaii, United States, she won a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:59.88 for the fourth leg of the relay to help achieve a final time of 8:08.12.Hy-Tek (27 August 2016)
"Meet Results: 2016 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
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* 1999 births Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Japan {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub