is a Japanese
cross-country skier who has competed since 1995. She earned the best individual finish of the host nation Japan at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007
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Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...
with a fifth-place finish in the women's sprint event which was also her best individual finish at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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Natsumi's best individual finish at the
Winter Olympics
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was 12th in the individual sprint at
Salt Lake City
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2002
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Her best individual World Cup finish was third at a sprint event in Sweden in 2008.
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1978 births
Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Japanese female cross-country skiers
Living people
Olympic cross-country skiers for Japan
Asian Games medalists in cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiers at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Cross-country skiers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Cross-country skiers at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
21st-century Japanese women
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