Miya Tachibana
Miya Tachibana (立花 美哉, Tachibana Miya, born December 12, 1974) is a Japanese competitor in synchronised swimming from Ōtsu, Shiga.[1]
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| Born | 12 December 1974 Ōtsu, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Synchronised swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Osaka Sayama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She received five Olympic medals at the 1996, the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2] The silver medal from the 2000 Olympics was in the duet with Miho Takeda, and they also received a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.[3]
Tachibana began practicing the sport during her fourth year in elementary school. During the summer of 2008, she was a synchronized swimming coach for the Santa Clara Aquamaids in Santa Clara, California.
References
- Sanspo.com profile Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- "Profile: "Miya Tachibana"". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
- "Miya Tachibana Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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