Rio Shirai

Rio Shirai (白井 璃緒, Shirai Rio, born 10 September 1999) is a Japanese swimmer.^[1] She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2018 Asian Games, winning the gold medal.^[2]

Rio Shirai

Shirai in 2020
Personal information
Born	(1999-09-10) 10 September 1999 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Japan Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m freestyle 2018 Jakarta 4×200 m freestyle 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle 2022 Hangzhou 4×200 m freestyle Junior Pan Pacific Championships 2014 Maui 200 m backstroke 2014 Maui 4×100 m medley 2014 Maui 100 m backstroke 2016 Maui 4×200 m freestyle

As a 14-year-old at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii, United States, Shirai won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a 2:11.67, the bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke with a 1:01.82, and a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay with a final relay time of 4:04.11.^[3] The following edition, the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships also held in Hawaii, United States, she won a bronze medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, splitting a 1:59.88 for the fourth leg of the relay to help achieve a final time of 8:08.12.^[4]