from www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03. is an Olympic and former World-Record-holding freestyleswimmer from Japan. She swam for Japan at the
2000
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Osaka, Japan
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 ...
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Major achievements
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2000 Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
- 800 m freestyle 8th (8:37.39)
* 2004 Olympics - 400 m freestyle 6th (4:10.91)
Personal bests
In long course
* 400 m freestyle: 4:07.23
* 800 m freestyle: 8:23.68 Asian Record
See also
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World record progression 800 metres freestyle
The first world record in the women's 800 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1931. The women's 880 yard freestyle had been a FINA-recognised world record ev ...