Junichi Kawai
| Medal record | ||
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| Swimming | ||
Competitor for  Japan
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| Paralympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1996 Atlanta | 4 x 50 metre medley relay 20pts - B1 |
| | 1996 Atlanta | 100 metre freestyle - B1 |
| | 2000 Sydney | 4 x 50 metre medley relay 20pts - S11 |
| | 2000 Sydney | 4x100 metre medley - S11-13 |
| | 2004 Athens | 4 x 50 metre medley relay 20pts - S11 |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | 4 x 50 metre medley relay 20pts - B1 |
| | 1992 Barcelona | 100 metre freestyle - B1 |
| | 1996 Atlanta | 100 metre backstroke - B1 |
| | 2000 Sydney | 100 metre backstroke - S11 |
| | 2000 Sydney | 100 metre freestyle - S11 |
| | 2000 Sydney | 200m individual medley - SM11 |
| | 2004 Athens | 100 metre butterfly - S11 |
| | 2004 Athens | 100 metre freestyle - S11 |
| | 2008 Beijing | 4 x 50 metre medley relay 20pts - S11 |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | 100 metre backstroke - B1 |
| | 1992 Barcelona | 200 metre backstroke - B1 |
| | 1992 Barcelona | 200m individual medley - B1 |
| | 1996 Atlanta | 200m individual medley - B1 |
| | 2004 Athens | 100 metre backstroke - S11 |
| | 2004 Athens | 4x100 metre freestyle - 49 pts |
| | 2008 Beijing | 100 metre butterfly - S11 |
Junichi Kawai is a paralympic swimmer from Japan competing mainly in category S11 events.
Junichi has competed in five summer paralympics winning a total of 21 medals, five gold nine silver and seven bronze. His first games came in 1992 when he competed in the 400m freestyle and won bronze in the 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke and 200m Medley and silver in both the 50m and 100m freestyle. In 1996 in Atlanta he competed in the 100m breaststroke and butterfly and won bronze in the 200m Medley, silver in the 100m backstroke and gold in both the 50m and 100m freestyle. In the 2000 Summer Paralympics he defended his 50m freestyle title but slipped to second in the 100m freestyle but also won a gold as part of the Japanese 4 × 100 m medley team and added a further two silver medals in the 100m backstroke and 200m medley. 2004 would see him win his third consecutive gold at the 50m freestyle, he also won silvers in the 100m butterfly and freestyle and bronze in the 100m backstroke and the 4 × 100 m freestyle as well as competing in the 200m medley and 4 × 100 m medley. In his fifth games in 2008 he lost out to Spaniard Enhamed Enhamed in the 50m freestyle, losing for the first time in 4 games in the 50m freestyle he added a bronze in the 100m butterfly as well as competing in the 100m backstroke. [1]