Megumi Taneda
Personal information
Full nameMegumi Taneda
National team Japan
Born (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986 (age 37)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubJSS Nagaoka[1]
CoachYoshiaki Takemura[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Japan
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir 200 m breaststroke

Megumi Taneda (種田恵, Taneda Megumi, born September 20, 1986 in Sapporo) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1][2] She claimed the 200 m breaststroke title in a close race against U.S. swimmer and eventual Olympic champion Rebecca Soni by 0.03 of a second at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey with a time of 2:27.81.[3][4] Taneda is an economics graduate at Kanagawa University in Kanagawa.

Taneda competed for the Japanese team in a breaststroke double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she emerged the only swimmer to meet the Olympic qualifying standard in the 100 m breaststroke with a 1:07.91, and then beat her rival Rie Kaneto to clear the FINA-A cut time in 2:24.54 for a 200 m breaststroke victory at the Olympic trials in Tokyo.[5][6] On the second day of the Games, Taneda missed out the semifinals by 0.08 of a second, after finishing seventeenth in the preliminary heats of the 100 m breaststroke in 1:08.45.[7] In her second event, 200 m breaststroke, Taneda rounded out the final in last place by nine hundredths of a second (0.09) behind her teammate Rie Kaneto in 2:25.23.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Megumi Taneda". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Megumi Taneda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. ^ "World University Games Day 3". Swimming World Magazine. 14 August 2005. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Harvest Day for US, China". People's Daily. 15 August 2005. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  5. ^ Mochizuki, Hideki (20 April 2008). "Japanese Olympic Trials: Masayuki Kishida Sets National Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  6. ^ Mochizuki, Hideki (17 April 2008). "Japanese Olympic Trials: Add Hanae Itoh to Sub-Minute 100 Back Club". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 6". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  9. ^ Lohn, John (14 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Rebecca Soni Upsets Leisel Jones With 200 Breast World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

External links


Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 200 m Breaststroke
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