Akemi Niwa
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Japanese curler
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| Born | (1973年03月24日) March 24, 1973 (age 51) Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Obihiro CC, Obihiro & Tokoro CC | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 5 (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 4 (1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Akemi Niwa (丹羽 明美, Niwa Akemi, born March 24, 1973 in Kitami, Hokkaido) is a Japanese curler,[1] a three-time Pacific-Asian champion (1993, 1997, 1998) and a three-time Japan women's champion (1997, 1998, 1999).
She played for Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in fifth place.[2]
Teams
[edit ]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1992–93 | Mayumi Seguchi | Mayumi Abe | Hidemi Itai | Akemi Niwa | Naomi Kawano | WCC 1993 (6th) | |
| 1993–94 | Mayumi Seguchi | Hidemi Itai | Akemi Niwa | Miyuki Nonomura | Mami Nishioka | PCC 1993 1st place, gold medalist(s) | |
| Mayumi Seguchi | Ayako Ishigaki | Akemi Niwa | Chieko Horishimizu | Mami Nishioka | WCC 1994 (10th) | ||
| 1996–97 | Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Yoko Mimura | Akemi Niwa | PCC 1996 1st place, gold medalist(s) JWCC 1997 1st place, gold medalist(s) WCC 1997 (4th) | |
| 1997–98 | Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Akemi Niwa | Yoko Mimura | PCC 1997 1st place, gold medalist(s) | |
| Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Yoko Mimura | Akemi Niwa | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | WOG 1998 (5th) JWCC 1998 1st place, gold medalist(s) WCC 1998 (8th) | |
| 1998–99 | Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | Akemi Niwa | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | PCC 1998 1st place, gold medalist(s) |
| Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Akemi Niwa | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | JWCC 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s) | ||
| Akiko Katoh | Akemi Niwa | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | Yumie Hayashi | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | WCC 1999 (9th) |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Akemi Niwa". WorldCurling.org.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Akemi Niwa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
External links
[edit ]- Akemi Niwa at World Curling Edit on Wikidata
- Akemi Niwa at Olympics.com Edit on Wikidata
- Akemi Niwa at Olympedia Edit on Wikidata
- Akemi Niwa – Nagano 1998 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Nagano 1998 - Official Report Vol. 3 (web archive; "Curling" chapter starts at page 236)
Categories:
- Living people
- 1973 births
- Sportspeople from Kitami
- Curlers from Hokkaido
- Japanese female curlers
- Pacific-Asian curling champions
- Japanese curling champions
- Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic curlers for Japan
- 21st-century Japanese women
- 20th-century Japanese sportswomen
- Japanese curling biography stubs