Michiko Tomabechi (born 29 January 1980) is a Japanese
curler.
Career
Tomabechi competed at the
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...
in
Sochi
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, with the Japanese team.
In 2013, she was part of the bronze-winning team at the
Pacific-Asia Championship in
Shanghai
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.
Her husband,
Kenji Tomabechi is also a competitive curler, they had become the national champion four times in
mixed doubles
Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, and badminton (where it is known ...
,
and they have played four times in the
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers.
History
The tournament began in 2008 with the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Switzerland's ...
as Japan representatives.
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Japanese curling champions
Japanese female curlers
Olympic curlers for Japan
20th-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese sportswomen
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