Sachiko Yamada (swimmer)
Encyclopedia
is an Olympic and former World-Record-holding freestyle
swimmer from Japan
. She swam for Japan at the 2000
and 2004 Olympics
.
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
swimmer from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. She swam for Japan at the 2000
Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Gold:*Naoko Takahashi — Athletics, Women's Marathon*Tadahiro Nomura — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight *Makoto Takimoto — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight *Kosei Inoue — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight...
and 2004 Olympics
Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The delegation of athletes and officials was represented by the Japanese Olympic Committee.-Medalists:-Archery:Men's individual:* Hiroshi Yamamoto - silver medal...
.
Major achievements
- 2000 OlympicsSwimming at the Summer OlympicsSwimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. Along with track & field athletics and gymnastics it is one of the most popular spectator sports at the Games and the one with the largest number of events....
- 800m freestyle 8th (8:37.39) - 2004 OlympicsSwimming at the 2004 Summer OlympicsSwimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
- 400m freestyle 6th (4:10.91)
Personal bests
In long course- 400m freestyle: 4:07.23
- 800m freestyle: 8:23.68 Asian Record