is a Japanese swimmer. She qualified for the

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in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter individual medley. She swam the 11th best time in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, where she was eliminated with a 15th-place finish. Imai took up swimming aged three following her elder brother Hikaru, who is also a competitive swimmer. Her mother died in 2008. As a 14-year-old at the

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, Imai won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:26.04, the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1:09.25, and the silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 1:08.18 to contribute to the final time of 4:04.11.Hy-Tek (31 August 2014)
"Meet Results: 2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"
''swmeets.com''. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

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2000 births Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Japanese female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade 21st-century Japanese women Sportspeople from Gifu {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub