Runa Imai

{{Short description|Japanese swimmer (born 2000)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Runa Imai

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| caption =Imai at the 2016 Olympics

| fullname = 今井月

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| national_team = {{JPN}}

| strokes = Freestyle, individual medley, breaststroke

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|8|15}}

| birth_place = Gifu, Japan

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| height = 163 cm{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/runa-imai |title=Runa Imai |publisher=Rio Olympics |access-date=August 9, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806085317/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/runa-imai |archive-date=August 6, 2016 }}

| weight = 50 kg

| club = Toyokawa High School[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=imai-runa-1170469/index.html Runa Imai]. nbcolympics.com

| coach = Masataka Fukada (club)
Norimasa Hirai (national)

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{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Hangzhou|100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 2022 Hangzhou | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2016 Tokyo |200 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | Universiade}}

{{MedalSilver | 2019 Naples|4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 2019 Naples|4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Naples|200 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 2015 Singapore|4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | Junior Pan Pacific Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Maui | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Maui | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Maui | 100 m breaststroke}}

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{{Nihongo|Runa Imai|今井 月|Imai Runa|born August 15, 2000}} is a Japanese swimmer. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter individual medley. She swam the 11th best time in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, where she was eliminated with a 15th-place finish.

Imai took up swimming aged three following her elder brother Hikaru, who is also a competitive swimmer. Her mother died in 2008.

As a 14-year-old at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii, United States, Imai won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:26.04, the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1:09.25, and the silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 1:08.18 to contribute to the final time of 4:04.11.Hy-Tek (31 August 2014). [http://www.swmeets.com/Realtime/Jr%20PanPacs/2014/ "Meet Results: 2014 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships"]. swmeets.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.