Chizuko Tanaka is a Japanese

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. She won the gold medal in the 800 metres event in the

1962 Asian Games The 1962 Asian Games () also known as the 4th Asian Games, IV Asiad, and Jakarta 1962, were the fourth edition of pan-Asian multi-sport event sanctioned by the Asian Games Federation (AGF). The games were held from 24 August to 4 September 1962, ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Chizuko Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Japanese female middle-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)