Naoya Tomita

冨田 尚弥

Personal information
Born	April 22, 1989 Tōkai, Aichi, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Competitor for  Japan World championships (SC) 2010 Dubai 200 m breaststroke Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 200 m breaststroke

Naoya Tomita (冨田 尚弥 Tomita Naoya, born April 22, 1989) is a Japanese breaststroke swimmer.^[1] In 2010, he won the 200 m event at the World Championships (short course) and at the Asian Games. At the 2014 Asian Games he was caught on surveillance cameras while stealing a video camera belonging to the Yonhap News Agency. He admitted to the fact and paid a fine of 1 million won (ca. US$1000). On October 7, 2014, he was banned for 18 months from competitions by Japan Swimming Federation and fired by his employer, sports apparel manufacturer Descente Ltd.^[2]

References

1. "Naoya Tomita". eurosport. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
2. Tomita receives 1½-year ban from Japan Swimming Federation. Japan Times. October 7, 2014