Medal record | ||
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Competitor for Japan | ||
Women'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.