Mari Motohashi
Mari Motohashi (本橋 麻里, Motohashi Mari, born 10 June 1986) is a Japanese curler.
Mari Motohashi | |
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Motohashi in 2010 | |
Born | June 10, 1986 |
Team | |
Curling club | Loco Solare CC, Kitami, Japan |
Skip | Satsuki Fujisawa |
Third | Chinami Yoshida |
Second | Yumi Suzuki |
Lead | Yurika Yoshida |
Alternate | Mari Motohashi |
Career | |
World Championship appearances | 6 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016) |
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 8 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017) |
Olympic appearances | 3 (2006, 2010, 2018) |
Medal record
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Career
Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which represented Japan at two Winter Olympics (2006 and 2010). She threw second stones for Ayumi Onodera at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing 7th, and played second for Moe Meguro at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 8th. She skipped the Japan team at the 2002 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing last. She has also played for Japan at five World Curling Championships: 2004 (7th), 2005 (9th), 2007 (9th), 2008 (4th) & 2010 (11th).
After playing for the Meguro rink from 2007 to 2010, Motohashi began skipping her own team. She has yet to represent Japan internationally as a skip on the senior level.
On the World Curling Tour, Motohashi won the 2007 Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic and the 2009 Twin Anchors Invitational while playing for Meguro, and later skipped her own rink to win the 2014 Avonair Cash Spiel.
Founded own rink "Loco Solare", a.k.a. "LS Kitami" in her hometown Tokoro, Kitami in Aug. 2010. The team members are all local members but achieved international success as the 2nd place in the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current.
Motohashi was part of the Japanese team that won the 2018 Olympics women curling bronze medal.[1]
In June 2018, Motohashi announced that she would rest for a while from a top curling player and concentrate on training young players.[2]
Personal life
Motohashi graduated from Nippon Sport Science University. Her nickname is 'Marilyn' named after her given name. Holding Teacher's License for Junior High School - Grade 2 in Japan (health and physical training). She was awarded as an honorary citizen of Kitami City.
Teammates
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Fifth | Events |
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2001-02 | Mari Motohashi | Naoko Yamazaki | Megumi Kobayashi | Mina Sasaki | Anna Ohmiya | WJCC[3] |
2003-04 | Shinobu Aota | Yukari Okazaki | Eriko Minatoya | Kotomi Ishizaki | Mari Motohashi | PCC,[4] WCC[5] |
2004-05 | Yumie Hayashi | Ayumi Onodera | Mari Motohashi | Sakurako Terada | Ai Kobayashi | PCC,[6] WCC[7] |
2005-06 | Ayumi Onodera | Yumie Hayashi | Mari Motohashi | Moe Meguro | Sakurako Terada | OG[8] |
2006-07 | Moe Meguro | Mari Motohashi | Mayo Yamaura | Sakurako Terada | Asuka Yogo | PCC, WUG, WCC[9] |
2007-08 | Moe Meguro | Mari Motohashi | Mayo Yamaura | Kotomi Ishizaki | Anna Ohmiya | PCC, WCC[10] |
2008-09 | Moe Meguro | Mari Motohashi | Mayo Yamaura | Kotomi Ishizaki | Anna Ohmiya | PCC[11] |
2009-10 | Moe Meguro | Anna Ohmiya | Mari Motohashi | Kotomi Ishizaki | Mayo Yamaura | PCC, OG, WCC[12] |
2010-11 | Mari Motohashi | Yurika Yoshida | Megumi Mabuchi | Akane Eda | Yumi Suzuki | |
2011-12 | Mari Motohashi | Megumi Mabuchi | Yumi Suzuki | Akane Eda | Yurika Yoshida | [13] |
2012-13 | Mari Motohashi | Yurika Yoshida | Megumi Mabuchi | Yumi Suzuki | Akane Eda | [14] |
2013-14 | Mari Motohashi | Yurika Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Megumi Mabuchi | [15] | |
2014-15 | Mari Motohashi | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Megumi Mabuchi | [16] |
2015-16 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Mari Motohashi | WCC[17] |
2016-17 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Mari Motohashi | Yurika Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | PCC[18] AWG[19] |
2017-18 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Mari Motohashi | PCC[20] OG[21] |
Grand Slam record
Key | |
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C | Champion |
F | Lost in Final |
SF | Lost in Semifinal |
QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
DNP | Did not participate in event |
N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
Event | '06 –07 |
'07 –08 |
'08 –09 |
'09 –10 |
'10 –11 |
'11 –12 |
'12 –13 |
'13 –14 |
'14 –15 |
'15 –16 |
'16 –17 |
'17 –18 |
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Players' | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | QF |
Champions Cup | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Q | DNP |
Former events
Event | '06 –07 |
'07 –08 |
'08 -09 |
'09 –10 |
'10 –11 |
'11 –12 |
'12 –13 |
'13 –14 |
'14 –15 |
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Autumn Gold | Q | Q | Q | Q | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q |
References
- Keating, Steve (February 24, 2018), "Curling: Japan win bronze to claim first Olympic medal", Reuters
- "今後のチーム体制に関するお知らせ" [Announcement about the future of the team]. Team Loco Solare (in Japanese). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
- "World Junior Curling Championships 2002". results.worldcurling.org. Mar 31, 2002.
- "Pacific Curling Championships 2003". results.worldcurling.org. Nov 29, 2003.
- "Ford World Curling Championships 2004". results.worldcurling.org. Apr 25, 2004.
- "Pacific Curling Championships 2004". results.worldcurling.org. Nov 25, 2004.
- "World Women's Curling Championship 2005". results.worldcurling.org. Mar 27, 2005.
- "XX. Olympic Winter Games 2006". results.worldcurling.org. Feb 26, 2006.
- "World Women's Curling Championships 2007". results.worldcurling.org. Mar 25, 2007.
- "Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2008". results.worldcurling.org. Mar 30, 2008.
- "Pacific Curling Championships 2008". results.worldcurling.org. Nov 9, 2008.
- "Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2010". results.worldcurling.org. Mar 28, 2010.
- "Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel: Team Motohashi - Aomori, JPN". www.curlingzone.com. Dec 18, 2011.
- "Iron Trail Motors Shoot-Out @ Curl Mesabi: Team Motohashi - Aomori, JPN". www.curlingzone.com. Dec 16, 2012.
- "Asia-Pacific / Olympic Qualifier: Team Motohashi - Aomori, JPN". www.curlingzone.com. Sep 17, 2013.
- "Avonair Cash Spiel: Team Motohashi - Aomori, JPN". www.curlingzone.com. Oct 5, 2014.
- "Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2016". results.worldcurling.org. Mar 27, 2016.
- "Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2016". results.worldcurling.org. Nov 12, 2016.
- "8th Asian Winter Games Sapporo 2017". results.worldcurling.org. Feb 26, 2017.
- "Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017". results.worldcurling.org. Nov 19, 2017.
- "XXIII. Olympic Winter Games 2018". results.worldcurling.org. Feb 25, 2018.
External links
- Mari Motohashi on the World Curling Federation database
- Mari Motohashi on the World Curling Tour database
- Mari Motohashi on the CurlingZone database
- Curling | Athlete Profile: Mari MOTOHASHI - Pyeongchang 2018
- MariLog: Official blog by Mari Motohashi (in Japanese)
- Loco Solare, a.k.a. LS Kitami: Official site (in Japanese)