|
Synchronized Swimming At The 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the team event in women's synchronized swimming was contested. It was the first appearance of the team event, which replaced the duet and solo events held previously. (The duet event would return four years later.) Eight countries qualified for the Olympic Games at an Olympic qualifying event held in conjunction with the 1995 FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup. Each team consisted of eight swimmers (chosen from a total team of ten). The competition included two events, the technical routine program and the free routine program. The technical routine required entries to perform a series of required elements in prescribed order. It had a time limit of two minutes and 50 seconds. Music selection and choreography was up to the discretion of each team. In the free routine, there were no specifications for the routine other than the five-minute time limit. In both the technical and free routines, a panel of 10 judges (five giving scores for tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center
The Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center (abbreviated CRC, formerly known as the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center and the Georgia Tech Student Athletic Center) is part of the Georgia Tech campus. History Georgia Tech's athletic center began at its current location in 1977 as the Student Athletic Center, or SAC. Later, Georgia Tech was chosen as the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics aquatic venue, and the Aquatic Center was constructed next to the SAC. The Aquatic Center cost $16.8 million, and featured competitions in swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming segment of the modern pentathlon competition. The stadium had a capacity of 14,600 at the time. It also had a temporary pool for the water polo competitions seating 4,000.. After the games, it has been used as a recreational facility for Georgia Tech students and faculty. Initially an outdoor stadium with a roof to protect spectators and competitors from rain, the Aquatic Center was renovated between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cari Read
Cari Read (born September 4, 1970) is a Canadian synchronized swimmer. Read was a member of the successful Canadian synchronized swimming team that won silver medals at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships, the 1994 World Aquatics Championships and the 1995 Pan American Games, before going on to earn a silver medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Synchronized Swimming" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaori Takahashi (synchronized Swimmer)
is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed 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, .... References 1974 births Living people Japanese synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Japan Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayuko Fujiki
is a synchronized swimming coach originally from Japan. She is the head coach of the Spanish National Synchronized Swimming Team. Early career as a swimmer Due to the influence of her parents, who were both avid swimmers, Fujiki learned swimming at an early age. When she was seven years old, she began attending a swimming school in Osaka and started to learn synchronized swimming. When she was 14 years old, she won the Japanese National Junior Olympic and was selected to represent Japan at the Junior World Championships. In 1992, Fujiki moved to the United States and attended the Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California. While she was in Walnut Creek, she joined the Walnut Creek Aquanuts, which was regarded as one of the best synchronized swimming teams in the world at that time. At Aquanuts, she was trained by coaches such as Gail Pucci, a world champion herself, whose creativity and the skill as a coach has been teaching how to be a teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riho Nakajima
is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed 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, .... References 1978 births Living people Japanese synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Japan Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{1996-Olympic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Tanaka
is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed 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, .... References 1973 births Living people Japanese synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Japan Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Kawabe
is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed 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, .... References 1974 births Living people Japanese synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers of Japan Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raika Fujii
Raika Fujii (born 5 July 1974) is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References 1974 births Living people Japanese synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Japan Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships Synchronized swimmers at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Takeda
is a Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming. She received five Olympic medals at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. The silver medal from the 2000 Olympics was in the duet with Miya Tachibana, and they also received a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics. Miho is a graduate of Ritsumeikan University and the wife of Governor Eikei Suzuki is a Japanese politician and the former governor of Mie Prefecture located in Kansai region of Japan. References External links Miho Takeda's official page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rei Jimbo
Rei Jimbo (born 9 July 1974) is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References 1974 births Living people Japanese synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers of Japan Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships Synchronized swimmers at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Kawase (synchronized Swimmer)
Akiko Kawase (born 13 July 1971 in Tokyo) is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed 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, .... References 1971 births Living people Japanese synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Japan Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miya Tachibana
is a Japanese competitor in synchronised swimming from Ōtsu, Shiga. She received five Olympic medals at the , the and the . The silver medal from the 2000 Olympics was in the |
