Akiko Sekiwa (; born April 6, 1978, in Tokoro,

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as Akiko Katoh, ) is a

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curler and curling

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, a four-time (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) and a four-time Japan women's champion (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001). She played for

at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

, where the Japanese team finished in fifth place. Also, she competed at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

, where the Japanese team finished in eighth place.

Awards

* All-Star Team, Women:

Teams

Record as a coach of national teams

References

External links

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Nagano 1998 - Official Report Vol. 3
(web archive; "Curling" chapter begins at page 236). "KATOH, Akiko". * Living people 1978 births Curlers from Hokkaido Japanese female curlers Pacific-Asian curling champions Japanese curling champions Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Japan Japanese curling coaches 21st-century Japanese sportswomen 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-curling-bio-stub