Akemi Niwa
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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).
She played for Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in fifth place.
Teams[]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1992–93 | Mayumi Seguchi | Akemi Niwa | WCC 1993 (6th) | ||||
| 1993–94 | Mayumi Seguchi | Hidemi Itai | Akemi Niwa | PCC 1993 
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| Mayumi Seguchi | Akemi Niwa | 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
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| 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
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| Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Akemi Niwa | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | JWCC 1999
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| Akiko Katoh | Akemi Niwa | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | Yumie Hayashi | Elaine Dagg-Jackson | WCC 1999 (9th) |
References[]
- ^ Akemi Niwa on the World Curling Federation database
External links[]
- Akemi Niwa at Olympic.org (archived)
- Akemi Niwa at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Akemi Niwa at Olympics.com
- Akemi Niwa at Olympedia
- Akemi Niwa at World Curling Federation
- Akemi Niwa at CurlingZone
- Akemi Niwa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Nagano 1998 - Official Report Vol. 3 (web archive; "Curling" chapter starts at page 236)
- Akemi Niwa - Curling - Nihon Olympic Iinkai(in Japanese) (Japanese Olympic Committee - JOC)
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- Living people
- 1973 births
- People from Kitami, Hokkaido
- Sportspeople from Hokkaido
- Japanese female curlers
- Pacific-Asian curling champions
- Japanese curling champions
- Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic curlers of Japan
- Japanese curling biography stubs