Fumiko Okuno ( ''Okuno Fumiko''; born April 14, 1972, in

Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...

) is a former competitor in

synchronised swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming), also known as artistic swimming, is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by World A ...

from

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. She competed in both the women's solo and women's duet events at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, and won two bronze medals.

Personal life

Fumiko Okuno married track star

Nobuharu Asahara is a former Japanese athlete who specialized in the 100 meters and long jump. He won the 100 m at the Japanese national championship on five occasions in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and he took part in the Olympics four times in 1996 ...

in 2002. They have three children together.こういうデコボコの感じでいいのかな　奥野史子さん×朝原宣治さん
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References

1972 births Living people Japanese synchronized swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic synchronized swimmers for Japan Synchronized swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kyoto Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming Asian Games gold medalists in artistic swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships Synchronized swimmers at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub