(née Hirao; born August 30, 1975) is an athlete 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 ...

, who competes in

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the t ...

. She competed at the first Olympic triathlon at 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 ...

. She took seventeenth place with a total time of 2:04:18.70. She also competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. She took twelfth place with a total time of 2:07:34.02.

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Akiko Sekine
at 2004 Japanese Olympic Committee website * * * * 1975 births Living people Japanese female triathletes Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Japan Sportspeople from Kitakyushu Triathletes at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in triathlon Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-triathlon-bio-stub