Sumika Minamoto
is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Masami Tanaka. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ..., starting in 1996. References databaseOlympics 1979 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Asian Games medalists in swimming Medalists at th ...
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1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The seventh edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Fukuoka is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center ..., Japan, from August 10–13, 1997. Competing nations Results Men's events Legend: Women's events Legend: Notes ReferencesResults on GBRSports.comswimrankings
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ...
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Swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as ten ...
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Freestyle Swimming
Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (50 yards) and reaching 1500 meters (1650 yards), also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. The first Olympics held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympics, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl or freestyle was the first event that was introduced. Technique Freestyle swimming implies the use of legs and arms for competitive swimming, except in the case of the Individual Medley, individual medley or Medley relay (athletics), medley relay events ...
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Swimming At The 1998 Asian Games – Women's 50 Metre Freestyle
Swimming was contested from December 7 to December 19 at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Medalists Men Women Medal table References XIII Sadec Online: Asian Games in BangkokSWIMNEWS ONLINE: ASIAN GAMES Bangkok, Thailand - December 7 - 12, 1998 (50 M) External links 13th Asian Games Bangkok 1998 {{Asian Games Swimming 1998 Asian Games events 1998 Asian Games 1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 ...

Swimming At The 1994 Asian Games – Women's 100 Metre Freestyle
Swimming was contested at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima Big Wave Pool, Hiroshima, Japan from October 3 to October 8, 1994. Medalists Men Women Medal table References * New Straits Times, October 3–9, 1994 Results External links Olympic Council of Asia {{Asian Games Swimming 1994 Asian Games events 1994 Asian Games 1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

Swimming At The 1998 Asian Games – Women's 100 Metre Freestyle
Swimming was contested from December 7 to December 19 at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Medalists Men Women Medal table References XIII Sadec Online: Asian Games in BangkokSWIMNEWS ONLINE: ASIAN GAMES Bangkok, Thailand - December 7 - 12, 1998 (50 M) External links 13th Asian Games Bangkok 1998 {{Asian Games Swimming 1998 Asian Games events 1998 Asian Games 1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 ...

Swimming At The 1994 Asian Games – Women's 50 Metre Freestyle
Swimming was contested at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima Big Wave Pool, Hiroshima, Japan from October 3 to October 8, 1994. Medalists Men Women Medal table References * New Straits Times, October 3–9, 1994 Results External links Olympic Council of Asia {{Asian Games Swimming 1994 Asian Games events 1994 Asian Games 1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

Swimming At The 1998 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
Swimming was contested from December 7 to December 19 at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Medalists Men Women Medal table References XIII Sadec Online: Asian Games in BangkokSWIMNEWS ONLINE: ASIAN GAMES Bangkok, Thailand - December 7 - 12, 1998 (50 M) External links 13th Asian Games Bangkok 1998 {{Asian Games Swimming 1998 Asian Games events 1998 Asian Games 1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 ...

Swimming At The 1994 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
Swimming was contested at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima Big Wave Pool, Hiroshima, Japan from October 3 to October 8, 1994. Medalists Men Women Medal table References * New Straits Times, October 3–9, 1994 Results External links Olympic Council of Asia {{Asian Games Swimming 1994 Asian Games events 1994 Asian Games 1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...