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Rikako Ikee

Rikako Ikee
Personal information
National team  Japan
Born (2000-07-04) July 4, 2000 (age 16)
Tokyo, Japan
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, freestyle

Rikako Ikee (池江璃花子, Ikee Rikako?, Japanese: [ikee ɾʲiꜜkako], English: /ˈlikəkɒ ɪkɛɛ/) (born 4 July 2000) is a Japanese competitive swimmer. She is the national record holder in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter butterfly, and the junior world record holder in the 50-meter freestyle and 50-meter butterfly long-course events, and the 50- and 100-meter butterfly, and 100-meter individual medley in short course.

Ikee won the gold medals in the 50 and 100 meter butterfly events at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, breaking the Championships record in each. She also won the silver medal in the 50 meter freestyle and finished 4th in the 100 meter freestyle.

Ikee swam at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. She finished 19th in the 50 meter butterfly and missed qualification for the semifinals by 0.17 s. In the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay Ikee and her teammates reached the final where they finished in 7th place.


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