Sakae Morimoto ( ja, 森本さかえ; born January 20, 1977, in

Tenri, Nara is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1954, and is named after the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo, which has its headquarters in the city. As of April 1, 2015, the city has an estimated population o ...

) is a

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

field player from

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. 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 reorganise ...

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 * 2004 – 8th place *2008 – 10th place *2012 – 9th place *2016 – 10th place *2020 – 11th pla ...

, at two

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: 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 Asian Games medalists in field hockey 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 women {{Japan-fieldhockey-bio-stub