is a

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curler. She was born November 20, 1984, in

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, but grew up in Minamifurano, Hokkaido.

Career

Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold medal. She played lead under skip Yumie Hayashi.

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was selected to represent

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at the

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.https://web.archive.org/web/20070311012729/http://wcc2007-aomori.jp/english/aomori/curling.html At the Games she threw first under skip Ayumi Onodera. At the

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, Moe Meguro skipped

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and won a bronze medal. She also won a bronze medal at the

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and a silver medal at the 2007 Pacific Curling Championships finishing the tournament with an 8-1 record. At the

2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2008 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 22 to March 30, 2008 at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. This championshi ...

, Meguro skipped the Japanese team to 4th place (one of Japan's best ever finishes, Japan also finished 4th in 1997). The team was one shot away from the gold medal final, but let Canada steal a point in the 10th and 11th ends of their semi-final game. In the bronze medal game, they lost to Switzerland, in a re-match of the 3 vs. 4 game which the Japanese had won. Moe Meguro won the bronze medal at the

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and the silver medal in

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, losing the final to China skipped by

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. She was also skip for

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at the

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(finishing the round robin stage with a 3–6 record) and the

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(finishing 11th with a disappointing 2–9 record). She announced her retirement in June 2010.

Teammates

; 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games *

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, ''Lead'' *

Mari Motohashi is a Japanese curler. She currently plays third on Team Honoka Sasaki. Career Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which represented Japan at two Winter Olympics (2006 and 2010). She threw second stones for Ayumi Onodera at the 2006 Winter O ...

, ''Second'' *

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, ''Third'' * Mayo Yamaura, ''Alternate'' ; 2006 Torino Olympic Games * Ayumi Onodera, ''Skip'' *Mari Motohashi, ''Second'' * Yumie Hayashi, ''Third'' * Sakurako Terada, ''Alternate''

Grand Slam record

Key *C - Champion *F - Lost final *SF - Lost semi final *QF - Lost quarter final *Q - Did not make playoffs *DNP - Did not participate in event *N/A - not a Grand Slam event that season

References

Team Aomori profile
(in Japanese)

External links

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