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Rikuto Tamai

Rikuto Tamai at Paris 2024 Summer Olympians and Paralympians Japan National Team parade event on Novemver 30th, 2024
Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	(2006-09-11) 11 September 2006 (age 18) Takarazuka, Japan
Sport
Sport	Diving
Medal record Men's diving Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2024 Paris 10 m platform World Championships 2022 Budapest 10 m platform

Rikuto Tamai (Japanese: 玉井 陸斗 Tamai Rikuto, born 11 September 2006) is a Japanese diver. He won Japan's first Olympic medal in diving at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In April 2019, he became the youngest ever national indoor diving champion. In September of the same year, he became the youngest ever national diving champion.

He was one of the youngest Japanese competitors at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tamai won a silver medal in the men's 10 m platform event, with a score of 507.65. This was Japan’s first ever Olympics medal in diving.

References

1. "Rikuto TAMAI | Profile | FINA Official". Retrieved 2021-07-25.
2. "Diving TAMAI Rikuto - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Retrieved 2021-07-25.
3. "Thirteen-year-old diver Rikuto Tamai advances to final Olympic qualifier". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
4. "玉井 陸斗". NHK. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
5. "17-year-old Rikuto Tamai makes history as Japan's first diver to capture an Olympic medal". World Aquatics. 2024-08-11. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
6. "Rikuto Tamai becomes Japan's youngest indoor diving champion". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
7. "Newly minted teenager Tamai becomes Japan's youngest national diving champion". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
8. "historic qualification for Tokyo 2020". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
9. "Diving: Cao wins men's 10m platform to complete China's golden sweep". Reuters.

External links

• Rikuto Tamai at World Aquatics
• Rikuto Tamai at Olympics.com
• Rikuto Tamai at Olympedia

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