Asumi Ōmura

Asumi Ōmura
Personal information
Nationality  Japan
Born (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Canoeing
Event(s) Sprint canoe
Club Waseda University[1]
Coached by Octavian Ispas[1]

Asumi Ōmura (大村明日美 Ōmura Asumi, born November 11, 1989) is a Japanese sprint canoeist.[1][2] She won silver and bronze medal in the women's kayak doubles and four at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, respectively.[3][4] Ōmura is also a member of the canoe and kayak team at Waseda University in Shinjuku, and is coached and trained by Octavian Ispas of Romania.[1]

Ōmura represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the women's K-2 500 metres. Ōmura and her partner Shinobu Kitamoto failed to advance into the semi-finals, as they placed sixth in the second heat by approximately two seconds behind the Slovakian pair Ivana Kmeťová and Martina Kohlová, with a time of 1:47.323.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Asumi Ohmura". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  2. "Asumi Ohmura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  3. "Li Qiang wins men's canoe single 200m gold". CCTV News. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. "China wins women's four 500m kayak gold at Asiad". Xinhua News Agency. China Daily. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  5. "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.

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