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Chiba Chiba may refer to: Places China * (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei Japan * Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture ** Chiba Station, a train station * Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...

, Japan, specializing in

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riding. She works in finance and lives in Tokyo, Japan. She was a member of the Japanese National team at the

2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soó ...

. Nagako competed 10 years in competitive snowboarding around the world and now enjoys casual snowboarding in Japan. She is studying to obtain an accounting license in Japan and also helping with snowboarding tours from Tokyo in the winter.

Competitive history highlights

*4th Nationals at Takaifuji, 2007 *26th FIS National Championships in Tsubetu, 2006 *2nd FIS National Championships in Ajigasawa, 2002 *22nd Winter Olympic Games in Park City, 2002 *4th FIS World Cup in Berchtesgaden, Germany,2001 *3rd FIS World Cup in Whistler, Canada, 2000 *4th FIS World Cup in Sapporo, Japan, 2000

References

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International Ski Federation The ''Fédération internationale de ski et de snowboard'' (FIS; en, International Ski and Snowboard Federation) is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. Founded on 2 February 1924 in Chamonix, France during the ...

. Accessed 2 October 2011.

External links

* * 1975 births Living people People from Chiba (city) Japanese female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders of Japan Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics {{Japan-snowboarding-bio-stub