Suzu Chiba (千葉すず, born August 11, 1975 in

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) is a former freestyle

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from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive

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, starting in

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. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Freestyle at the

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. She married swimmer Takashi Yamamoto in 2002. They have four children together.

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* 1975 births Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Yokohama World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub