Atsumi Mana (渥美万奈, born 1 June 1989) is a Japanese

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player who plays as a

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. She represented Japan at the

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and won a gold medal. She participated at the 2013

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and 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.

. Atsumi was a member of Japan's gold medal winning team at the

2020 Tokyo 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 1 ...

. She helped turn a clutch double play in the 6th inning of the gold medal game against the American team, to maintain Japan's 2-0 lead.

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