is a Japanese sprint canoeist, born in

Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...

. She won silver and bronze medal in the women's kayak doubles and four at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

in Guangzhou, China, respectively. Ōmura is also a member of the canoe and kayak team at Waseda University in

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

, and is coached and trained by Octavian Ispas of Romania. Ōmura represented Japan at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Ōmura and her partner

Shinobu Kitamoto is a Japanese sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, the first person from Japan to medal at the world championships. ...

failed to advance into the semi-finals, as they placed sixth in the second heat by approximately two seconds behind the Slovakian pair

Ivana Kmeťová Ivana ( sr, Ивана) is a feminine given name of Slavic origin that is also popular in southern Ireland, France, French-speaking Canada, the Mediterranean and Latin America. It is the feminine form of the name Ivan, which are both the Slavic ...

and

Martina Kohlová Martina Kohlová (born 16 November 1984) is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won three medals in the K-2 200 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 2007 and two bronzes (2009, ...

, with a time of 1:47.323.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1989 births Japanese female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Japan Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2010 Asian Games Canoeists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games {{Japan-canoe-bio-stub Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture