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is a Japanese curler. She currently plays
Curling Athlete Profile: Mari MOTOHASHI - Pyeongchang 2018
MariLog
Official blog by Mari Motohashi (in Japanese)
Loco Solare, a.k.a. LS Kitami
Official site (in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Motohashi, Mari Japanese female curlers Living people 1986 births Sportspeople from Kitami Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Japan Continental Cup of Curling participants Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Winter World University Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in curling Pacific-Asian curling champions FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
third
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system
Places
* 3rd Street (di ...
on Team Honoka Sasaki.
Career
Motohashi was a member ofTeam Aomori
The Aomori Curling Club is a curling club in Aomori, ...
which represented Japan at two
The Aomori Curling Club is a curling club in Aomori, ...Winter Olympics
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(2006 and 2010). She threw second stones for Ayumi Onodera at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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, finishing 7th, and played second for Moe Meguro at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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, finishing 8th. She skipped the Japan team at the 2002 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing last. She has also played for Japan at five World Curling Championships
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: 2004 (7th), 2005 (9th), 2007 (9th), 2008 (4th) & 2010 (11th).
After playing for the Meguro rink from 2007 to 2010, Motohashi began skipping her own team. She has yet to represent Japan internationally as a skip on the senior level.
On the World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and Doubles curling, mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass ...
, Motohashi won the 2007 Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic and the 2009 Twin Anchors Invitational while playing for Meguro, and later skipped her own rink to win the 2014 Avonair Cash Spiel.
Founded own rink "Loco Solare
The is a curling club in Tokoro Town, Kitami City, Hokkaido Island, Japan. The club has about 40 teams, including a team .
Background
Hokkaido Island, Japan and Alberta, Canada became sister province in 1980.
Then, curling was introduced to ...
", a.k.a. "LS Kitami" in her hometown Tokoro, Kitami in Aug. 2010.
The team members are all local members but achieved international success as the 2nd place in the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current.
Motohashi was part of the Japanese team that won the 2018 Olympics women curling bronze medal.
In June 2018, Motohashi announced that she would rest for a while from a top curling player and concentrate on training young players.
In 2021, she took over the Miki Hayashi rink as their skip.
Personal life
Motohashi graduated fromNippon Sport Science University
, abbreviated as , is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo and Aoba-ku, Yokohama. The precursor of the school was founded in 1893, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The school is known for the many famous athletes among its alumni. ...
. Her nickname is 'Marilyn' named after her given name.
Holding Teacher's License for Junior High School - Grade 2 in Japan (health and physical training).
She was awarded as an honorary citizen of Kitami City.
Teammates
Grand Slam record
Former events
References
External links
*Curling Athlete Profile: Mari MOTOHASHI - Pyeongchang 2018
MariLog
Official blog by Mari Motohashi (in Japanese)
Loco Solare, a.k.a. LS Kitami
Official site (in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Motohashi, Mari Japanese female curlers Living people 1986 births Sportspeople from Kitami Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Japan Continental Cup of Curling participants Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Winter World University Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in curling Pacific-Asian curling champions FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese sportswomen