Ai Shibata
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Full name | Ai Shibata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dazaifu, Fukuoka | 14 May 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ai Shibata (柴田 亜衣, Shibata Ai, born May 14, 1982) is a Japanese swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race.[1] She was the first ever female gold medalist for Japan in a freestyle event.[2] She attended the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya.[3] In 2008 Shibata announced her retirement.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "プロフィール 柴田 亜衣" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ a b "Swimmer Shibata Announces Retirement". The Japan Times. December 12, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ "柴田亜衣(競泳女子金メダリスト) 遊び半分の言葉 現実に". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). December 22, 2004. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
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- Olympic swimmers for Japan
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- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Japanese female freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- People from Dazaifu, Fukuoka
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
- Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture
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