is a Japanese

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

and telemark skier.

Selected results

* 2007: ** 5th (and 3rd in the senior's ranking),

Asian Championship An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asia ...

,First Asian Championship of ISMC Ski
, Union of Asian Alpine Associations (UAAA). Tsugaike Kōgen Ski Resort,

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

, Japan * 2009: ** 4th,

, individual ** 5th, Asian Championship,

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

* 2010: ** 10th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, relay, together with Itō Mayumi and Mase Chigaya ** 3rd, Gangwon Provincial Governor's Cup,Permanent World ranking
ISMF

Yongpyong Ski Resort Yongpyong (Dragon Valley) Ski Resort is a ski resort in South Korea, located in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do. It is the largest ski and snowboard resort in Korea, and offers golf in the summer months. A 1949 news article cover ...

/ Balwangsan ** 3rd, Tsugaike, individual, Nagano Prefecture * 2011: ** 10th,

, relay, together with

Catrin Thomas Catrin Thomas (born 5 October 1964) from Caernarfon, Wales, is a British ski mountaineer and mountain climber. At the 2011 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering, she participated amongst others in the women's relay team (together with the tw ...

and Mase Chigaya6. ISMF World Championships - women's relay
, ISMF.

References

External links

Horibe Michiko
skimountaineering.org * 1974 births Living people Japanese female ski mountaineers Japanese telemark skiers {{skimountaineering-bio-stub