is a former

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from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the

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. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and

Masami Tanaka is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. S ...

. She competed in two consecutive

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, starting in 1996.

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