Yasunari Hirai

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Yasunari Hirai (born 1990) is the top professional marathon swimmer and the first male Olympic marathon swimmer from Japan. He is coached by Kenichiro Mori.

He participated in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China and is an emerging presence on the professional marathon swimming circuit. He also placed fourth in the 10 km race and third in the 5 km race at the 2012 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships.

He finished 15th in the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympics on 10 August 2012 in the Serpentine in Hyde Park by virtue of his finish at the 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier in Setubal Bay, Portugal.

Contents 1 Events 2 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results 3 Video 4 External links

Events

• 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier in Setubal, Portugal

2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results

1. Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia - 1:49:55.1
2. Thomas Lurz of Germany - 1:49:58.5
3. Richard Weinberger of Canada - 1:50:00.3
4. Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece - 1:50:05.3
5. Daniel Fogg of Great Britain - 1:50:37.3
6. Sergey Bolshakov of Russia - 1:50:40.1
7. Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia - 1:50:42.8
8. Andreas Waschburger of Germany - 1:50:44.4
9. Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria - 1:50:46.2
10. Alex Meyer of the USA - 1:50:48.2
11. Julien Sauvage of France - 1:50:51.3
12. Troyden Prinsloo of South Africa - 1:50:52.9
13. Erwin Maldonado of Venezuela - 1:50:52.9
14. Igor Chervynskiy of Ukraine - 1:50:56.9
15. Yasunari Hirai of Japan - 1:51:20.1
16. Brian Ryckeman of Belgium - 1:51:27.1
17. Valerio Cleri of Italy - 1:51:29.5
18. Csaba Gercsak of Hungary - 1:51:30.9
19. Arseniy Lavrentyev of Portugal - 1:51:37.2
20. Ky Hurst of Australia - 1:51:41.3
21. Ivan Enderica Ochoa of Ecuador - 1:52:28.6
22. Yuriy Kudinov of Kazakhstan - 1:52:59.0
23. Francisco Jose Hervas of Spain - 1:53:27.8
24. Mazen Aziz Metwaly of Egypt - 1:54:33.2
25. Benjamin Schulte of Guam - 2:03:35.1

Video

External links

• 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
• Yasunari Hirai blog
• 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming - Male Medal Contenders
• Cold Power North Bondi victory
• Pool Open Water in Japan
• Yasunari Hirai and Yuto Kobayashi in Portugal
• Pool Open Water In Japan
• 2012 London Olympics - The Men of Open Water Swimming
• Olympians Gather In Yakushima Open Water Swim
• World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• London Opens Door For Open Water Swimming In Japan