Sachiko Yamada (swimmer)
Japanese swimmer (born 1982)
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Full name | Sachiko Yamada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1982-10-15) October 15, 1982 (age 41) Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sachiko Yamada (山田沙知子, Yamada Sachiko, born October 15, 1982)[1] is an Olympic and former World-Record-holding freestyle swimmer from Japan. She swam for Japan at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.
Yamada was born in Osaka, Japan.
Major achievements
- 2000 Olympics - 800 m freestyle 8th (8:37.39)
- 2004 Olympics - 400 m freestyle 6th (4:10.91)
Personal bests
In long course
- 400 m freestyle: 4:07.23
- 800 m freestyle: 8:23.68 Asian Record
See also
References
- ^ Yamada's entry from www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- http://www.joc.or.jp/athens/athlete/swimming/yamadasachiko.html
External links
- (in Japanese) Sachiko's Happy Diary
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Preceded by | World Record Holder Women's 800 Freestyle (25m) February 4, 2002 – December 9, 2005 | Succeeded by |
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World short-course champions in women's 800 m freestyle
- 1993:
Janet Evans (USA)
- 1995:
Sarah Hardcastle (GBR)
- 1997:
Natasha Bowron (AUS)
- 1999:
Chen Hua (CHN)
- 2000:
Chen Hua (CHN)
- 2002:
Chen Hua (CHN)
- 2004:
Sachiko Yamada (JPN)
- 2006:
Anastasiya Ivanenko (RUS)
- 2008:
Rebecca Adlington (GBR)
- 2010:
Erika Villaécija (ESP)
- 2012:
Lauren Boyle (NZL)
- 2014:
Mireia Belmonte (ESP)
- 2016:
Leah Smith (USA)
- 2018:
Wang Jianjiahe (CHN)
- 2021:
Li Bingjie (CHN)
- 2022:
Lani Pallister (AUS)
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