is a former
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
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 won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay 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 ...
in
Sydney, Australia
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. Her winning teammates in that race were
Mai Nakamura,
Masami Tanaka, and
Sumika Minamoto
is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura (backstroke swimmer), Ma ...
.
References
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1974 births
Living people
Japanese female butterfly swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Japan
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
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