Athlete of Day 5
Daiya Seto in 10 clicks
December 10th, 2016
The start
Born on May 24, 1994 Daiya Seto (JPN) started swimming at the age of five. He also played some football, but found swimming more interesting and funny!
Perseverance
In September 2015, he underwent surgery on both of his heels, returning to competition action in January 2016
Istanbul
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His first two medals at world level were earned in 2012 at the Istanbul FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in the 200m IM (silver) and 400m IM (gold)
Russian gold
In Kazan 2015, he became the first Japanese swimmer to successfully defend a long-course title, in the 400m IM
25m star
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Before the Windsor rendezvous, Seto had already five medals in the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), including two gold in the 400m IM, silver and bronze in the 200m IM and silver in the 200m fly
World Cup
Daiya Seto has also excelled in recent editions of the FINA Swimming World Cup, having earning 36 gold medals so far. In 2016, he was third of the men's overall ranking
Barcelona
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2013 is an important year for Seto: in Barcelona (ESP), he gets his first long-course world title, in the 400m IM
Olympic medal
The only Olympic medal so far for Daiya Seto was obtained at the 2016 Games, in his pet event, the 400m IM (bronze)
Shining in Canada
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Seto has won four medals so far in Windsor: gold in the 400m IM, silver in the 100m IM, bronze in the 200m fly and 200m IM