was a Japanese

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who competed in the

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

and

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. In 1932 she was a member of the Japanese relay team that finished fifth in the 4×100 mm freestyle relay. In the 100 m freestyle competition she was eliminated in the first round. Four years later she finished sixth in the

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. In the 100 m freestyle competition she was eliminated in the semi-finals, and as part of the Japanese 4 × 100 m relay team she was eliminated in the first round.

References

1916 births 1992 deaths Japanese female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub