is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the

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. There she finished in fourth place in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, alongside

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. On her individual starts, in the 400m freestyle, she ended up in 7th place, clocking 4:11.68 in the final; and in tenth place in the 800m freestyle with a time of 8:40.47 (preliminary heats). A year later, Yamanoi won the gold medal in the 400 free at the

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. In 1998, she finished third in the 800m freestyle at the Asian Games in

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.http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event29.html Asian Games results She is a graduate of Ina Junior High School in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki, known locally for its Olympic-size swimming pool.

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1978 births Living people Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Japan Place of birth missing (living people) Japanese female freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Universiade gold medalists for Japan Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub