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Tomoe Hvas

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Tomoe Hvas
Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas, 2018
Personal information
Full nameTomoe Zenimoto Hvas
NationalityNorwegian
Born (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 (age 24)
Oslo, Norway
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubBærumsvømmerne
Medal record
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Copenhagen 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2019 Glasgow 200 m medley
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires 50 m backstroke
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Helsinki 50 m butterfly

Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas (born 1 June 2000) is a Norwegian swimmer.[1] He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[2] He comes from Bærum, and has a Norwegian father and Japanese mother; also residing in Japan from 2007 to 2010.[3] In 2022, he retired from swimming competitions at only 22 years old,[4] holding 18 Norwegian national records.

References

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  1. ^ "Norwegian Teen Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas Sets 3 NRs at North Sea Meet". SwimSwam. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Men's 50m Butterfly start list" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Det er en del som tror at han bare kan leke seg til å bli god. Det er ganske langt fra sannheten". TV2. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. ^ "WORLDS SILVER MEDALIST TOMOE HVAS RETIRES AT ONLY 22 YEARS OLD". SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Norway
Tokyo 2020
With: Anne Vilde Tuxen 		Succeeded by


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