Pilar Shimizu

Pilar Shimizu

Personal information
Nationality	Guam
Born	27 May 1996 (age 20) Tamuning, Guam
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Tarakito Swim Club, Guam
Coached by	Pepe Laflamme
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Guam Pacific Games 2015 Port Moresby 50 m breaststroke 2015 Port Moresby 100 m breaststroke Oceania Swimming Championships 2010 Apia 100 m breaststroke 2012 Nouméa 50 m breaststroke 2012 Nouméa 100 m breaststroke

Pilar Shimizu (born 27 May 1996 in Tamuning, Guam) is a Guamanian breaststroke swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, aged 16, she became the youngest Olympian from Guam.^[1] She ranked 42nd in the 100 m breaststroke event and did not advance to the semifinals.^[2] While qualifying for the Olympics she broke the 20-year-old national record set by Tammie Kaae, another Olympian from Guam.^[1]

Shimizu learned to swim at age four and started training at age seven. Her first international success came in 2010, when she won the first medal for Guam at the Oceania Swimming Championships, a bronze in the 100 m. Two years later, she won two more bronze medals, in the 50 m and 100 m events.^[1][3]

References

1. Teen poised to become Guam's youngest athlete to compete at the Olympics. catholicnews.com. 17 July 2012.
2. Pilar Shimizu. sports-reference.com
3. Gina E. Taitano (14 July 2012) Guam’s youngest Olympian set for London. umatuna.org.