Tomoka Takeuchi (竹内 智香, Takeuchi Tomoka, born 21 December 1983) is a Japanese competitive snowboarder from Asahikawa, Hokkaido.[1] She won the silver medal in the Women's Parallel Giant Slalom in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.[2] At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, she placed 5th in the Women's Parallel Giant Slalom.[3]

Tomoka Takeuchi
Takeuchi in 2012
Personal information
Born (1983-12-21) 21 December 1983 (age 40)
Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSnowboarding
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Parallel Giant Slalom
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kreischberg Parallel giant slalom

References

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  1. ^ "Snowboard - Parallel - Athlete: Tomoka TAKEUCHI". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17.
  2. ^ "Tomoka Takeuchi". Sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06.
  3. ^ "Results - Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom - Pyeongchang 2018" (PDF). FIS-ski.
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