Emi Takanabe
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Japan |
| Born |
20 September 1990 Kama, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | KSG Kaho (JPN) |
| Coach | Takao Tananka |
Emi Takanabe (高鍋 絵美 Takanabe Emi, born September 20, 1985 in Kama, Fukuoka) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] She is a student at National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kagoshima.
Takanabe qualified as a member of the Japanese team for the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing third in the same distance from the Olympic trials in Tokyo (2:01.39).[2] Teaming with Haruka Ueda, Maki Mita, and Misaki Yamaguchi, Takanabe closed the race with a split of 2:01.83, but the Japanese team settled for seventh place in 7:57.56.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Emi Takanabe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ "Japanese Olympic Trials: Add Hanae Itoh to Sub-Minute 100 Back Club". Swimming World Magazine. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 4×200m Freestyle Final". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ Lohn, John (13 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Australia Smashes Women's 800 Free Relay World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 7 April 2013.