Sakae Morimoto (; born January 20, 1977, in

Tenri, Nara 280px, Tenri City Hall is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 60,890 in 29456 households, and a population density of 700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city is named after t ...

) is a

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player from Japan. Affiliated with the

Tenri University is a Japanese private university in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, an independent part of the secular mission of the new religious movement Tenrikyo. It was established in February 1925 as the coeducational , enrolling 104 students, and was reorganis ...

she played for the

Japan women's national field hockey team The Japan women's national field hockey team represents Japan in the international field hockey competitions. Tournament history Summer Olympics *Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2004 – 8th place *Field hockey at ...

, at two

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

, in 2004 and 2008.

References

Sakae Morimoto at sports-reference.com

External links

* 1977 births Living people Japanese female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Japan Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese sportswomen Sportspeople from Nara Prefecture Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey Asian Games field hockey players for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists in field hockey {{Japan-fieldhockey-bio-stub