Kohei Kawamoto

Kohei Kawamoto
Personal information
Full nameKohei Kawamoto
Nationality Japan
Born (1979-10-06) October 6, 1979
Kashiwazaki, Niigata
Height177 cm (70 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbutterfly
ClubNSP / The Race Club / Phoenix Swim Club
College teamChuo University of Japan
Medal record
Summer Universiade
2001 Beijing 50m Butterfly
2001 Beijing 100m Butterfly
Asian Games
2002 Busan 100m Butterfly

Kohei Kawamoto (河本 耕平, Kawamoto Kōhei; born October 6, 1979 in Kashiwazaki, Niigata) is a butterfly swimmer from Japan. He won gold medals at the 2001 Summer Universiade.

Personal bests

In long course swim pools Kawamoto's bests are:

Japanese record holder of 100m Butterfly at 51.00

14 times Asian and Japanese records.

2 times World Cup champion of butterfly.(2006,2010)

  • 50m butterfly: 23.46 (October 25, 2009 LCM)
  • 100m butterfly: 51.00 Asian, Japanese record (September 11, 2009 LCM)

References