Daiya Seto
Daiya Seto (瀬戸 大也, Seto Daiya, born 24 May 1994
Swimming career
Seto took up swimming at the age of five.[1][4] He narrowly missed the 2012 Japan Olympic Team when he finished third in both the 200-metre and 400-metre individual medley events at the national selection meet. He improved his times at the 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup, where he competed at all stops of the World Cup circuit and achieved a fourth-place finish across all stops. He concluded the year's short course season at the 2012 World Short Course Championships. Here Seto won the first international medals of his career. He first competed in the 400-metre individual medley, where he won his first world title in a new Asian record of 3:59.12, over a second and a half faster than second-place finisher László Cseh. He then competed in the 200-metre individual medley, where he was able to sprint past Cseh for the silver medal in a time of 1:52.80.
2013 World Championships
Seto was still coming into the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, relatively unknown. He swam both individual medley events. In the 200-metre, his first event, he swam a personal best in the semifinals with a time of 1:58.03, and then finished a touch slower in the final the next night to finish seventh overall. In his best event of the Championships, the 400-metre individual medley, Seto qualified first for the final and then won his first long course world title by finishing first in a time of 4:08.69, about half a second ahead of second-place finisher Chase Kalisz of the United States. Seto became the second-fastest Asian performer in the event, behind Hagino, with his time.[5]
2014 Pan Pacific Championships
During the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Seto won a gold medal.[6]
2015 World Championships
Seto successfully defended his world title in the 400-metre individual medley on the last day of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.[7] Earlier in the meet, he did not live up to the expectations of others in the 200-metre butterfly and 200-metre individual medley, events in which he was ranked second in the world before leading up to the Championships.[8][9]
2016 Summer Olympics
Seto earned a bronze medal in the 400-metre individual medley on 6 August, with a time of 4:09.71 in the final of the event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[10] He also finished fifth in the 200-metre butterfly.
2018 Pan Pacific Championships
In 2018 he won a gold medal at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.[11]
2018 World Short Course Championships
At the 2018 World Swimming Championships conducted in short course metres in Hangzhou, China in December, Seto won the gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly with a time of 1:48.24 that set a new world record in the event.[12][13][14]
Seto was named "Male Asian Swimmer of the Year" by SwimSwam for the 2018 year.[15]
2019 International Swimming League
In the autumn of 2019, he was a member of the
2020 FINA Champions Swim Series
At the Beijing, China stop of the 2020 FINA Champions Swim Series in January, Seto set a new Asian record and Japan national record in the long course 200-metre butterfly with a time of 1:52.53, which put him only behind the world record holder in the event, Kristóf Milák of Hungary, and a former world record holder in the event, Michael Phelps of the United States, in terms of global rankings up to that point in time.[19][20][21]
2020 Summer Olympics
He competed in his second Olympic Games at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He finished in fourth place in the 200-metre individual medley final, and did not qualify for 400-metre individual medley final.[22][23][24]
2021 FINA Swimming World Cup
At the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Doha, Qatar, Seto won the highest-scoring overall male award and prize money for the stop with his gold medal wins in the 200-metre breaststroke and 400-metre individual medley on the third and final day of competition in Doha contributing to his overall high score.[25] The same day Seto was announced overall male winner for the Doha stop, SwimSwam revealed he had officially become a professional swimmer.[26]
Stop 4: Kazan
2021 World Cup – Kazan | ||
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100 m individual medley | 51.29 (AS) | |
200 m individual medley | 1:50.66 (WC) | |
400 m individual medley | 3:57.85 | |
200 m breaststroke | 2:01.49 |
On the first day of competition, 28 October, at the fourth and final stop of the World Cup circuit, held in the
2021 World Short Course Championships
2021 World Championships (SC) | ||
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200 m individual medley | 1:51.15 | |
400 m individual medley | 3:56.26 |
In December 2021, Seto was announced as one of two swimmers from Japan to represent the country in competition at the
2022 World Short Course Championships
2022 World Championships (SC) | ||
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200 m breaststroke | 2:00.35 (AS) | |
400 m individual medley | 3:55.75 | |
200 m butterfly | 1:49.22 |
At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia in December, Seto started off with a fifth-place finish in the 200-metre individual medley on day one with a time of 1:51.39.[50] Two days later, he won the silver medal in the final of the 200-metre butterfly, finishing 0.95 seconds behind gold medalist Chad le Clos in a time of 1:49.22.[51] On the fourth day, he competed in the 200-metre breaststroke for the first time at a World Short Course Championships, winning the gold medal with an Asian record time of 2:00.35, which was over one full second faster than silver medalist Nic Fink of the United States.[52] The following day, he won a sixth-consecutive gold medal and world title in the final of the 400-metre individual medley, finishing in a time of 3:55.75, which was 1.88 seconds faster than second-place finisher Carson Foster and 3.46 seconds faster than third-place finisher Matthew Sates.[53] It marked the first time at the World Short Course Championships that a swimmer won six-consecutive gold medals in any one event.[54]
International championships (50 m)
Meet | 200 free | 100 back | 50 breast | 100 fly | 200 fly | 200 medley | 400 medley | 4×100 free | 4×200 free | 4×100 medley |
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Junior level | ||||||||||
PACJ 2012 | — | DSQ | ||||||||
Senior level | ||||||||||
WC 2013 | 7th | 5th[a] | ||||||||
PAC 2014 | — | 5th | ||||||||
AG 2014 | ||||||||||
WC 2015 | 6th | 14th | 9th | |||||||
OG 2016 | — | 5th | ||||||||
AC 2016 | 9th | |||||||||
WC 2017 | 5th | |||||||||
WUG 2017 | [a] | |||||||||
PAC 2018 | — | 4th | ||||||||
AG 2018 | 8th | 4th | ||||||||
WC 2019 | 9th | |||||||||
OG 2020 | — | 11th | 4th | 9th | ||||||
WC 2022 | 6th | |||||||||
WC 2023 | 6th | |||||||||
AG 2022 | ||||||||||
WC 2024 | 4th |
- a Seto swam only in the preliminaries.
International championships (25 m)
Meet | 200 free | 200 breast | 100 fly | 200 fly | 100 medley | 200 medley | 400 medley | 4×200 free |
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WC 2012 | 8th | 6th | ||||||
WC 2014 | ||||||||
WC 2016 | 15th | 18th | ||||||
WC 2018 | DSQ | |||||||
WC 2021 | 4th | |||||||
WC 2022 | 5th |
Career best times
Long course metres (50 m pool)
- As of 12 October 2021
Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Note(s) |
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100 m breaststroke | 59.79 | 2019 Japan Open | Tokyo, Japan | 30 May 2019 | |
100 m butterfly | 51.89 | 2020 Kosuke Kitajima Cup | Tokyo, Japan | 26 January 2020 | |
200 m butterfly | 1:52.53 | FINA Champions Swim Series | Beijing, China | 18 January 2020 | AS |
200 m individual medley | 1:55.55 | FINA Champions Swim Series | Beijing, China | 18 January 2020 | |
400 m individual medley | 4:06.09 | 2020 Kosuke Kitajima Cup | Tokyo, Japan | 25 January 2020 |
Short course metres (25 m pool)
- As of 30 December 2022
Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Note(s) |
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200 m breastroke | 2:00.35 | 2022 World Swimming Championships | Melbourne, Australia | 16 December 2022 | AS |
200 m butterfly | 1:48.24 | 2018 World Swimming Championships | Hangzhou, China | 11 December 2018 | Former WR |
100 m individual medley | 51.29 | 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup | Kazan, Russia | 28 October 2021 | AS |
200 m individual medley | 1:50.66 | 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup | Kazan, Russia | 29 October 2021 | |
400 m individual medley | 3:54.81 | 2019 International Swimming League | Las Vegas, United States | 20 December 2019 | WR |
World records
Short course metres
Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Status | Age | Ref |
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200 m butterfly | 1:48.24 | 2018 World Swimming Championships | Hangzhou, China | 11 December 2018 | Former | 24 | [12][13][14] |
400 m individual medley | 3:54.81 | 2019 International Swimming League | Las Vegas, United States | 20 December 2019 | Current | 25 | [17][18] |
Continental and national records
Long course metres
Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Type | Status | Age | Ref |
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200 m butterfly | 1:52.53 | 2020 FINA Champions Swim Series | Beijing, China | 18 January 2020 | AS, NR | Current | 25 | [19][20][21] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Short course metres
Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Type | Status | Age | Notes | Ref |
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200 m butterfly | 1:48.24 | 2018 World Swimming Championships | Hangzhou, China | 11 December 2018 | AS, NR | Former | 24 | Former WR | [12][13][14] |
400 m individual medley | 3:54.81 | 2019 International Swimming League | Las Vegas, United States | 20 December 2019 | AS, NR | Current | 25 | WR | [17][18] |
100 m individual medley | 51.29 | 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup | Kazan, Russia | 28 October 2021 | AS, NR | Current | 27 | [27][28] | |
200 m breaststroke | 2:00.35 | 2022 World Swimming Championships | Melbourne, Australia | 16 December 2022 | AS, NR | Current | 28 | [52] |
Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Awards and honours
- FINA Top 10 Moments: 2021 Swimming World Cup (#7)[39]
- SwimSwam Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#4),[55] 2022 (#6)[56]
Personal life
Daiya Seto is married to Yuka Mabuchi and has a daughter named Yuwa.[2]
In September 2020, it was reported by The Japan Times, Yahoo!, and The Washington Post that Seto was involved in an extramarital affair.[58][59][60] Seto apologised and resigned from his position as captain of the Japan Olympic Swim Team.[61][62]
See also
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- List of World Swimming Championships (25 m) medalists (men)
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External links
- Daiya Seto at World Aquatics
- Daiya Seto at SwimRankings.net
- Daiya Seto at the International Swimming League
- Daiya Seto at Olympics.com
- Daiya Seto at Olympedia