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Japan At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Japan competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 306 competitors, 157 men and 149 women, took part in 168 events in 27 sports. Medalists , width="78%" align="left" valign="top" , , width=22% align=left valign=top , Archery In the nation's sixth Olympic archery competition, three of Japan's five archers won their first matches. All three lost in the second round, however. Women's Individual Competition: * Kinue Kodama → Round of 32, 24th place (1-1) * Ai Ouchi → Round of 64, 41st place (0-1) * Misato Koide → Round of 64, 56th place (0-1) Men's Individual Competition: * Hiroshi Yamamoto → Round of 32, 19th place (1-1) * Takayoshi Matsushita → Round of 32, 27th place (1-1) Women's Team Competition: * Kodama, Ouchi, and Koide → Round of 16, 14th place (0-1) Athletics Men's 100 metres *Nobuharu Asahara *Hiroyasu Tsuchie Men's 200 metres *Koji Ito *Takahiro Mazuka Men's 400 metres * Shigekazu Omori Men's 10,000 metres *Toshinari T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Olympic Committee
The is the National Olympic Committee in Japan for the Olympic Games movement, based in Tokyo, Japan. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams and raises funds to send Japanese competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Japanese Olympic Committee has helped organise every bid for an Olympic Games by a Japanese city to date. Japan has held the Olympic Games four times: the Summer Olympics twice (1964 Summer Olympic Games and the 2020 Summer Olympics, both in Tokyo) and the Winter Olympics twice (the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo and the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano). Presidents Executive committee The committee of the JOC is represented by: *President: Yasuhiro Yamashita *Vice Presidents: Eisuke Hiraoka, Yasuo Saitō (diplomat), Yasuo Saito *Secretary General: Eisuke Hiraoka *Senior Members: Kiichiro Matsumaru, Kohzo Tashima, Tsuyoshi Fukui, Tetsuro Hibino *Members: Yuko Arakida, Masatoshi It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryoko Tani
is a retired Japanese female judoka and a politician. Competing in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) class, she won a record seven world titles and five Olympic medals including two golds at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. After her retirement, the International Judo Federation named her "best female judoka ever". In 2010, she was elected to the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Japanese parliament. Early and personal life Ryoko Tamura was born in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka on September 6, 1975. She started judo at the age of seven. She studied literature at Teikyo University and joined Toyota in 1998. In 2003, she married Yoshitomo Tani, an Olympian and professional baseball player then with Orix BlueWave. The wedding reception reportedly cost $3 million. The couple has two sons, born in 2005 and 2009. Sporting career Standing at , Tani fought in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) division her whole career and, unlike many of her opponents, she never had to cut weigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiro Nojima
is a Japanese baseball infielder who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... External links * * 1971 births Living people Olympic baseball players of Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daishin Nakamura
is a Japanese baseball outfielder who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... External links * * 1966 births Living people Olympic baseball players for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in baseball Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-baseball-outfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoaki Sato (baseball, Born 1968)
is a Japanese baseball player who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... External links * * 1968 births Living people Chuo University alumni Baseball people from Aichi Prefecture Olympic baseball players for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in baseball Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Japan-baseball-catcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuyuki Saigo
(born August 30, 1972 in Tokyo) is a Japanese baseball outfielder who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... External links * * 1972 births Living people Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Olympic baseball players of Japan Olympic medalists in baseball Olympic silver medalists for Japan {{Japan-baseball-outfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitoshi Ono
is a Japanese rugby player. He plays at lock for the Japan national rugby union team. He is nicknamed the "Iron Man". Ono started playing rugby after converting from baseball at Nihon University where he was studying to become a firefighter. However, he changed careers and joined Toshiba Brave Lupus in 2001, with whom he has gone on to win the Top League four times. He made his international debut for in 2004 against . He became a regular member of the national team from there onwards and represented his country at both the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cup. Since Eddie Jones took over as Japan coach in 2012, he has not missed an international match, and has become the most capped player for Japan of all time. After the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, Ono's family dairy farm suffered greatly, and alongside prop Kensuke Hatakeyama who lost his home, he was named honorary captain for the Asian 5 Nations match with the by coach John Kirwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshitomo Tani
Yoshitomo Tani (谷 佳知, born February 9, 1973) is a former Japanese professional baseball player from Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan. He played as an outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes and Yomiuri Giants. He holds the Pacific League record for hits in a single season by a right-handed batter with 189 hits in 2003 for Orix. He also holds the Japanese NPB record for doubles in a single season with 52 in 2001. Tani emerged as a recurrent Best Nine award winner in the late 90s and early 2000s for Orix, and played a large role in carrying the Blue Wave/Buffaloes following Ichiro Suzuki's departure to play with the Seattle Mariners in MLB Biography Tani is married to Ryoko Tani, a famous judoka who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and the bronze in Judo at the Summer Olympics. He was selected for the Japanese baseball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal. He also won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayuki Takabayashi
is a Japanese baseball outfielder who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. External links * * 1972 births Living people Olympic baseball players for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in baseball Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-baseball-outfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masanori Sugiura
Masanori Sugiura (杉浦 正則, born May 23, 1968) is a retired Japanese Olympic baseball player from Kudoyama, Wakayama, Japan. Sugiura was the ace pitcher of the Nippon Life Insurance Company baseball team, and was chosen to join the Japanese national team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal. He returned to the olympics four years later, winning a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Professional players were allowed to participate in the 2000 Summer Olympics, but Sugiura was still chosen as the captain of the Japanese national team, and the captain of the entire Japanese olympic team in 2000 Summer Olympics. The Japanese team did not win a medal that year. Sugiura refused numerous offers to join the Japanese professional leagues, and retired in 2000. The Nippon Life Insurance Company , also known as or is the largest Japanese life insurance company by revenue. The company was founded in 1889 as the ''Nippon Life Assurance Co., I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 470
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' ( sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' ( iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of stepwise developments. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1996 consisted of a total of ten sailing classes (disciplines). For each class, with the exception of the Soling, eleven races were scheduled from 22 July to 2 August 1996 off the coast of Savannah at the Wassaw Sound (an area of the Atlantic Ocean). For the Soling ten fleetraces were scheduled followed by a series of matchraces for the top 6 boats of the fleetrace result. Venue According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. An exception was made for the Olympic yachting events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, the city of Savannah was chosen for the organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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