(May 20, 1980 in

Edogawa, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It takes its name from the Edo River that runs from north to south along the eastern edge of the ward. In English, it uses the name Edogawa City. The easternmo ...

– August 9, 2006 in

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) was a Japanese

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ter. Her personal best throw is 18.22 metres, achieved in April 2004 in

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. This is the current Japanese record.Japanese athletics records
She won the silver medal at the 2000 Asian Championships and the bronze medal at the 2003 Asian Championships. In addition she competed at the 2003 World Championships and the

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without reaching the final round. Mori died of appendix cancer on August 9, 2006, aged 26.

International competitions

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1980 births 2006 deaths People from Edogawa, Tokyo Sportspeople from Tokyo Metropolis Japanese female shot putters Olympic female shot putters Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners Deaths from cancer in Japan Athletes from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-shotput-athletics-bio-stub