is a Japanese

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

coach and retired Olympic swimmer from Numazu, Shizuoka. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres

breaststroke Breaststroke is a human swimming, swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and ...

at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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. She was 14 years and 6 days old, making her, as of prior to the 2024 games, the youngest Olympic gold medalist of all time in the discipline of swimming.

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External links

Kyoko Iwasaki's Official Blog "Kotoba no Shizuku"
1978 births Living people Japanese female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Numazu, Shizuoka Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub