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Seto just missed out on making the Olympic team in 2012 when he finished third in both the 200 m and 400 m individual medley events.
瀬戸 大也
Seto just missed out on making the Olympic team in 2012 when he finished third in both the 200 m and 400 m individual medley events.
Seto holds the Asian records in the 200 meter and 400 meter individual medley (short course). He was however very successful at the 2012 FINA World Cup. He competed in all the stops of the cup, and ended up coming fourth overall in the rankings.
He concluded the short course season at the 2012 Short Course World Championships. who broke the world record.
He once again swam both individual medley events. In the 200 m, 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.
He is the second fastest Asian performer in the event, behind Hagino. Earlier in the meet, he did not live up to expectations in the 200 meter butterfly and individual medley, events in which he was ranked 2nd in the world before the championships.
Seto successfully defended his world title in the 400 m individual medley on the last day of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.