Asami Kitagawa

Asami Kitagawa (北川 麻美) (born October 3, 1987) is a Japanese Olympic and Nation Record holding swimmer. She swam for Japan at the 2008 Olympics.

Major achievements
2006 Doha Asian Games 2008 Beijing Olympics JR: Japanese Record
 * 50m breaststroke 2nd (32.27)
 * 100m breaststroke 1st (1:09.13)
 * 200m breaststroke 4th (2:28.81)
 * 200m individual medley 2nd (2:14.51)
 * 4 × 100 m medley relay 2nd (4:05.14)
 * 100m breaststroke 8th (Heat 1:08.36, Semifinal 1:08.23, Final 1:08.43)
 * 200m individual medley 6th (Heat 2:12.47 JR, Semifinal 2:12.02 JR, Final 2:11.56 JR)
 * 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 9th (Heat 3:39.25 JR)
 * 4 × 100 m medley relay 6th (Heat 3:59.91, Final 3:59.54 JR)

Personal bests
In long course
 * 100m breaststroke: 1:08.23 (August 11, 2008)
 * 200m individual medley: 2:11.44 Japanese Record (September 6, 2008)

In short course
 * 100m breaststroke: 1:05.17 Asian, Japanese Record (February 21, 2009)
 * 100m individual medley: 1:00.01 Japanese Record (February 21, 2009)
 * 200m individual medley: 2:08.77 Asian, Japanese Record (February 22, 2009)