Yuta Suenaga

Yuta Suenaga
Personal information
Full nameYuta Suenaga
National team Japan
Born (1985-04-07) 7 April 1985 (age 39)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubTeam Arena[1]
CoachToshiaki Kurosawa[1]

Yuta Suenaga (末永雄太, Suenaga Yūta, born April 7, 1985) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1][2] He attained a top eight finish in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and had been selected to represent Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3] Suenaga is an economics graduate at Hosei University in Tokyo.

Suenaga competed in a breaststroke double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he cleared FINA A-standard entry times of 1:00.72 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:10.17 (200 m breaststroke) at the Olympic Trials in Tokyo.[4][5][6] In the 100 m breaststroke, Suenaga posted a thirteenth fastest time of 1:00.67 on the first day of preliminaries to secure his spot for the semifinals.[7][8] Followed by the next morning's session, Suenaga failed to qualify for the final, as he finished his semifinal run by matching his time and placement from the heats.[9] Four days later, 200 m breaststroke, Suenaga missed the semifinals by 0.11 of a second, as he shared his seventeenth-place tie with Norway's Alexander Dale Oen in 2:11.30.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Yuta Suenaga". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuta Suenaga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. ^ "World University Games: Exciting Finishes Highlight Third Night of Swimming". Swimming World Magazine. 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. ^ Mochizuki, Hideki (16 April 2008). "Japanese Olympic Trials: Kosuke Kitajima Wins 100 Breast, Reiko Nakamura Breaks One-Minute in 100 Back". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Japanese Olympic Trials: Kosuke Kitajima Just Off 200 Breast World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Kitajima punches ticket to Olympics". The Japan Times Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 9". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  8. ^ Lohn, John (9 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Alexander Dale Oen Sets Olympic Record to Lead 100 Breast Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinal 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 7". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.


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