Emi Takanabe

Emi Takanabe
Personal information
Full name	Emi Takanabe
National team	Japan
Born	20 September 1990 (age 30); Kama, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	KSG Kaho
Coach	Takao Tananka

Emi Takanabe (高鍋絵美, Takanabe Emi, born September 20, 1985) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.^[1]^[2] She represented her nation Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing herself in the seventh position as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team. Takanabe is a student at National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kagoshima.

Takanabe competed as a member of the Japanese team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Despite missing out the individual spot in the 200 m freestyle, she managed to place third at the Olympic trials in Tokyo (2:01.39) to earn an outright selection on the relay squad.^[3] Teaming with Haruka Ueda, Maki Mita, and Misaki Yamaguchi, Takanabe closed the race with a split of 2:01.83, but the Japanese team had to settle for seventh place in 7:57.56.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Misaki Yamaguchi". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emi Takanabe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ "Japanese Olympic Trials: Add Hanae Itoh to Sub-Minute 100 Back Club". Swimming World Magazine. 19 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Final". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ Lohn, John (13 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Australia Smashes Women's 800 Free Relay World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

External links[]

NBC Olympics Profile

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[beijing2008-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Misaki Yamaguchi". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emi Takanabe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[3] "Japanese Olympic Trials: Add Hanae Itoh to Sub-Minute 100 Back Club". Swimming World Magazine. 19 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[4] "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Final". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

[5] Lohn, John (13 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Australia Smashes Women's 800 Free Relay World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

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