Yuya Horihata | |
Birth Date: | 1990 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Ama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
Height: | 169 cm |
Weight: | 62 kg |
Strokes: | Freestyle, Medley |
Collegeteam: | Nippon Sport Science |
is a Japanese swimmer, born in Ama County, Aichi.[1] He won two medals at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, gold in the men's 400 m medley and bronze in the men's 200 m medley.[2]
Horihata competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, advancing to the final and finishing 6th in the 400 metre individual medley. He also swam on the Japanese team in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay that placed 9th in the heats and missed the top-8 cutoff for the final.