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from Japan, competing mainly in category S6 events. Nara was part of the Japanese team that broke the world record in the 4 x 50 m freestyle at the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was the last time that the Summer Paralympics were organized by two different Organ ...

, At the same games she also finished fourth in the 100 m freestyle, sixth in the 400 m freestyle and finished fifth in her heat of the 50 m butterfly. She was also at the Paralympics in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, where she was again part of the Japanese 4 x 50 m freestyle team that broke the world record and finished third as part of the Japanese squad in the 4 x 50 m medley. She won bronze medals in both the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle and finished last in the 50m butterfly. In

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

she finished sixth in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle and eighth in the 400 m freestyle.

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* Paralympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Japan Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan Japanese female freestyle swimmers Living people Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics S6-classified para swimmers Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-Paralympic-medalist-stub