Aya Takeuchi

Aya Takeuchi
Personal information
Born (1986-08-05) August 5, 1986
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country  Japan
Sport Rugby sevens
Medal record
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Rugby sevens

Aya Takeuchi (竹内 亜弥, Takeuchi Aya, born August 5, 1986) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She played for the Japan's women's sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3] She won a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games as a member of Japan's sevens team.

Takeuchi graduated from Kyoto University. She also played volleyball for ten years.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "TAKEUCHI Aya". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  2. ↑ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  3. ↑ "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  4. ↑ Arai, Susumu (2015-12-01). "Players from other sports help power Sakura 7s to berth in Rio". asianews.network. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
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