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).
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| Born | March 24, 1973 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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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 | |
| 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 JWCC 1997 WCC 1997 (4th) | |
| 1997–98 | Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Akemi Niwa | Yoko Mimura | PCC 1997 | |
| Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Yoko Mimura | Akemi Niwa | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | WOG 1998 (5th) JWCC 1998 WCC 1998 (8th) | |
| 1998–99 | Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | Akemi Niwa | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | PCC 1998 |
| Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Akemi Niwa | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | JWCC 1999 | ||
| 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
- Akemi Niwa at Olympics.com
- Akemi Niwa at Olympedia
- Akemi Niwa – Nagano 1998 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
- Nagano 1998 - Official Report Vol. 3 (web archive; "Curling" chapter starts at page 236)