is a Japanese competitor in

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. She received five Olympic medals at the

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

and

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. The silver medal from the 2000 Olympics was in the

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with Miya Tachibana, and they also received a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics. Miho is a graduate of

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and the wife of Governor Eikei Suzuki of Mie.

References

External links

Miho Takeda's official page
1976 births Living people Asian Games medalists in artistic swimming Japanese synchronized swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic synchronized swimmers for Japan Sportspeople from Kyoto Ritsumeikan University alumni Spouses of Japanese politicians Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Synchronized swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships Synchronized swimmers at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub