(born 6 July 1978) is a former
freestyle
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swimmer
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from
Japan
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. She competed for her native country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta, Georgia
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. There, she finished in fourth place in the
4x200m freestyle relay, alongside
Eri Yamanoi
is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There she finished in fourth place in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Nao ...
,
Naoko Imoto, and
Suzu Chiba
Suzu Chiba (千葉 すず, born August 11, 1975, in Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m F ...
. On her sole individual start, in the
800m freestyle, she ended up in 21st place, clocking 8:55.77 in the preliminary heats.
External links
Japanese Olympic Committee
1978 births
Living people
Japanese female freestyle swimmers
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Japan
20th-century Japanese sportswomen
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