(born October 27, 1973 in Iwate) is a retired female

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from

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, who represented her native country at the

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. Her best result in two starts in

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was the 10th place (3:49.91) in the Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay event, alongside Ayako Nakano,

Yoko Koikawa (born May 18, 1974, in Fukuoka, Japan) is a retired Japanese backstroke swimmer, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the Women's 200m Backstroke even ...

and Suzu Chiba.

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1973 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Japanese female freestyle swimmers 20th-century Japanese women {{japan-swimming-bio-stub