Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas (born 1 June 2000) is a retired Norwegian
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
. He competed in the
men's 50 metre butterfly at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues. . He comes from
Bærum
Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...
, and has a Norwegian father and Japanese mother; also residing in Japan from 2007 to 2010.
In 2022 he definitely retired from swimming competitions at only 22 years old,
holding 18 Norwegian national records.
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2000 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bærum
Norwegian people of Japanese descent
Norwegian male medley swimmers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Youth Olympic gold medalists for Norway
Norwegian male butterfly swimmers
Norwegian male backstroke swimmers
Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers of Norway
21st-century Norwegian people
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