- Miya Tachibana
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Medal record Competitor for 
JapanWomen's synchronized swimming Olympic Games Silver 2000 Sydney Duet Silver 2000 Sydney Team Competition Silver 2004 Athens Duet Silver 2004 Athens Team Competition Bronze 1996 Atlanta Team Competition Miya Tachibana (立花 美哉 Tachibana Miya, born December 12, 1974) is a Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming from Ōtsu, Shiga.[1] She received five Olympic medals at the 1996, the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2] The silver medal from 2000 was in duet with Miho Takeda, and the same duet received a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Tachibana began practicing the sport during her fourth year in elementary school. During the summer of 2008, she was a synchronized swimming coach for the Santa Clara Aquamaids in Santa Clara, California.
References
- ^ Sanspo.com profile (Japanese)
- ^ Profile: "Miya Tachibana" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 30, 2008)
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Japanese synchronized swimmers
- Olympic synchronized swimmers of Japan
- Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- People from Ōtsu
- Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
- Asian Games medalists in synchronized swimming
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