Hitomi Kawabata (川畑瞳) is a Japanese

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

player who plays as a

infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. ...

. She represented Japan at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

and won a gold medal.

Playing career

She participated in the

2016 Women's Softball World Championship The 2016 Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition to be held in Surrey, British Columbia between July 15 and July 24, 2016.

References

External links

WBSC Women's Softball World Championship - Day 3
Living people 1996 births Asian Games medalists in softball Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Japanese softball players Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in softball Olympic softball players of Japan Softball players at the 2018 Asian Games Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2022 World Games World Games silver medalists World Games medalists in softball 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-softball-bio-stub