Naoko Imoto
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Japanese swimmer (born 1976)
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| Full name | Naoko Imoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1976年05月20日) May 20, 1976 (age 48) Aichi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naoko Imoto (井本 直歩子, Imoto Naoko, born May 20, 1976) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the ×ばつ 200 metre freestyle relay">4 ×ばつ 200 m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Eri Yamanoi, and Suzu Chiba.[1] [2]
In 2020, Imoto received the Olympic Flame in a ceremony in Greece to be transferred to Japan for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Naoko Imoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^ "Naoko Imoto". JOC.or.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 2, 2006. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
- ^ "Coronavirus pandemic: Ex-Japanese swimmer Naoko Imoto appointed last-minute stand-in to receive Olympic flame in Athens". Firstpost.com. March 18, 2020.
External links
[edit ]- Naoko Imoto at World Aquatics
- Naoko Imoto at Swimrankings.net
- Naoko Imoto at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
- Naoko Imoto at Olympics.com
- Naoko Imoto – Atlanta 1996 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
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