(born August 6, 1975 in
Funabashi
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after p ...
,
Chiba
Chiba may refer to:
Places China
* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
Japan
* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
** Chiba Station, a train station
* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...
) is a retired female
medley swimmer
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from
Japan
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, who represented her native country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta, Georgia
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. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the
1995 Summer Universiade
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Emblem
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in
Fukuoka
is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...
.
References
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1975 births
Living people
Japanese female medley swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Japan
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
People from Funabashi
Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in swimming
Universiade medalists in swimming
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
Universiade gold medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
20th-century Japanese women
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