is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She represented her nation

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at the

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, placing herself in the seventh position as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team. Takanabe is a student at National Institute of Fitness and Sports in

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. Takanabe competed as a member of the Japanese team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the

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. Despite missing out the individual spot in the 200 m freestyle, she managed to place third at the

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trials in

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(2:01.39) to earn an outright selection on the relay squad. Teaming with

Haruka Ueda is a Japanese freestyle swimmer. She married swimmer Kazuya Kaneda in 2014. Major achievements * 2005 World Championships – 200m freestyle 22nd (2:01.65) * 2007 World Championships A world championship is generally an international com ...

Maki Mita is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international mult ...

, and Misaki Yamaguchi, Takanabe closed the race with a split of 2:01.83, but the Japanese team had to settle for seventh place in 7:57.56.

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External links

NBC Olympics Profile
1985 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Japanese female freestyle swimmers People from Kama, Fukuoka Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub