Mao Ishigaki
Mao Ishigaki (石垣 真央, Ishigaki Mao, born 26 November 1991 in Kitami, Hokkaido) is a Japanese curler from Fujiyoshida.
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Born | November 26, 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Team Fujikyu, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skip | Tori Koana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third | Yuna Kotani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Second | Mao Ishigaki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lead | Arisa Kotani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 1 (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Junior career
Ishigaki played lead for the Japanese junior women's team (skipped by Sayaka Yoshimura) from 2011 to 2013 winning three straight Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships in the process. The team finished in 8th place at the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships, 5th place at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. The team also played in two Winter Universiades while Ishigaki was attending Sapporo International University.[2] The team places fourth in 2011 and 7th in 2013.
Women's career
Ishigaki joined the Tori Koana rink in 2016, playing lead for the team. They would represent Japan at the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, with Ishigaki playing second on the team.
To begin the 2019-20 curling season, Ishigaki and her team won the Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup and finished runner-up at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker.[3][4]
Teams
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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2010–11[5] | Sayaka Yoshimura | Rina Ida | Risa Ujihara | Mao Ishigaki | ||
2011–12 | Sayaka Yoshimura | Rina Ida | Risa Ujihara | Mao Ishigaki | ||
2012–13 | Sayaka Yoshimura | Rina Ida | Risa Ujihara | Mao Ishigaki | ||
2013–14 | Sayaka Yoshimura | Rina Ida | Risa Ujihara | Mao Ishigaki | ||
2014–15 | Yumie Funayama | Kotomi Ishizaki | Mao Ishigaki | Natsuko Ishiyama | ||
2015–16 | Rina Ida | Tamami Naito | Mao Ishigaki | Natsuko Ishiyama | ||
2016–17 | Junko Nishimuro (Fourth) | Tori Koana (Skip) | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Kyoka Kuramitsu | |
2017–18 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Junko Nishimuro / Kaho Onodera | WWCC 2018 (10th) |
2018–19 | Tori Koana | Junko Nishimuro | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Yuna Kotani | CWC (6th) |
2019–20 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani |
Personal life
Ishigaki works as an amusement park employee for Fujikyu Highland Co. Ltd.[6]
References
- "Media Guide – 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship" (PDF). Curling Canada. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- http://winteruniversiade2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-360/Participant/ParticipantInfo/407c0de1-ab21-4640-a1a7-766e61ace183
- "2019 Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup". Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- "2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker". World Curling Tour. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- "Mao Ishigaki past teams". Curling Zone. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide
External links
- Mao Ishigaki on the World Curling Federation database
- Mao Ishigaki on the World Curling Tour database
- Mao Ishigaki on the CurlingZone database