Yu Hanaguruma

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

{{Western name order|Hanaguruma Yū}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Yu Hanaguruma

|image = Yu Hanaguruma (JAP) 2018.jpg

|caption = Hanaguruma in 2018

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|01|28|df=y}}

|birth_place = Sakaide, Japan

|country = {{JAP}}

|sport = Swimming

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Swimming}}

{{MedalCountry|{{JAP}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Buenos Aires|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Buenos Aires|Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}

{{MedalCompetition | World University Games }}

{{MedalSilver| 2021 Chengdu | 200 m breaststroke }}

{{MedalBronze| 2021 Chengdu | 4×100 m medley }}

}}

{{nihongo|Yu Hanaguruma|花車 優|Hanaguruma Yū|born 28 January 2000|lead=yes}} is a Japanese swimmer. He participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the swimming competition, being awarded the bronze and gold medal in the boys' 200 metre breaststroke and mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay events.{{Cite web|url=https://library.olympic.org/Default/digitalCollection/DigitalCollectionAttachmentDownloadHandler.ashx?parentDocumentId=177522&documentId=177554|title=2018 Summer Youth Olympic Official Results Book|work=Youth Olympic Games|access-date=23 June 2022}} Hanaguruma also participated at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in the swimming competition, being awarded the silver medal in the men's 200 metre breaststroke event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000103EE0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|title=19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results|work=FINA World Aquatics Championships|access-date=23 June 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124842/fina-worlds-day-6-report|title=O'Callaghan edges out Sjöström to take women's 100m freestyle gold at FINA World Championships|first=Patrick|last=Burke|work=Inside the Games|date=23 June 2022|access-date=23 June 2022}}