is a

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curler. She was born November 20, 1984, in

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, but grew up in Minamifurano, Hokkaido.

Career

Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold medal. She played lead under skip

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was selected to represent

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at the

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At the Games she threw first under skip

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. At the

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, Moe Meguro skipped

and won a bronze medal. She also won a bronze medal at the

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and a silver medal at the 2007 Pacific Curling Championships finishing the tournament with an 8-1 record. At the

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, Meguro skipped the Japanese team to 4th place (one of Japan's best ever finishes, Japan also finished 4th in 1997). The team was one shot away from the gold medal final, but let Canada steal a point in the 10th and 11th ends of their semi-final game. In the bronze medal game, they lost to Switzerland, in a re-match of the 3 vs. 4 game which the Japanese had won. Moe Meguro won the bronze medal at the 2008 Pacific Curling Championships and the silver medal in

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, losing the final to China skipped by

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. She was also skip for

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at the

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(finishing the round robin stage with a 3–6 record) and the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship (finishing 11th with a disappointing 2–9 record). She announced her retirement in June 2010.

Teammates

; 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games *

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, ''Lead'' *

Mari Motohashi is a Japanese curler. Career Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which represented Japan at two Winter Olympics (2006 and 2010). She threw second stones for Ayumi Onodera at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing 7th, and played second for Moe M ...

, ''Second'' *

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, ''Third'' * Mayo Yamaura, ''Alternate'' ; 2006 Torino Olympic Games *

, ''Skip'' *Mari Motohashi, ''Second'' *

, ''Third'' *

Sakurako Terada is a Japanese curler, born May 17, 1984, in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō. History Terada is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympicsbr> At the Games she was the alternate under skip Ayumi Onode ...

, ''Alternate''

Grand Slam record

Key *C - Champion *F - Lost final *SF - Lost semi final *QF - Lost quarter final *Q - Did not make playoffs *DNP - Did not participate in event *N/A - not a Grand Slam event that season

References

Team Aomori profile
(in Japanese)

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