Aya Terakawa

Aya Terakawa is a retired Japanese backstroke swimmer; she announced her retirement from competitions in early December 2013. She is married to former swimmer Daisuke Hosokawa.

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Major achievements

2001 World Aquatics Championships – 200m backstroke 8th
2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – 200m backstroke 2nd
2004 Athens Olympics – 200m backstroke 8th
2012 London Olympics – 100m backstroke 3rd BRONZE

Personal bests

50m backstroke: 27.73 Japanese Record
100m backstroke: 58.83
200m backstroke: 2:09.27

In short course

50m backstroke: 26.40 '''Asian, Japanese Record'''