Ippei Watanabe, written in Japanese as Watanabe Ippei, was born on 18 March 1997 and is a Japanese swimmer and former world record holder in the 200-metre breaststroke. He competed in the men's breaststroke events at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where on 9 August 2016 he broke the Olympic record in the 200-metre breaststroke semi-final before finishing sixth in the final. At the Kosuke Kitajima Cup in Tokyo he later broke the long course world record in the 200-metre breaststroke with 2:06.67, and he became the first swimmer ever to go under 2:07 for the distance.
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is a Japanese swimmer and former world record holder in the 200 metre breaststroke
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He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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