Akiko Sekine (関根 明子, Sekine Akiko, née Hirao; born August 30, 1975) is an athlete from Japan, who competes in triathlon. She competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took seventeenth place with a total time of 2:04:18.70. She also competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She took twelfth place with a total time of 2:07:34.02.[1][2][3]
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Birth name | Akiko Hirao (Hirao Akiko) | ||||||||||||||
Born | August 30, 1975 Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan | (age 49)||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "Profiles: Akiko Sekine (JPN)". Triathlon.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Akiko Hirao-Sekine". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 21, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ "Akiko Sekine". JOC.or.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
External links
edit- Akiko Sekine at World Triathlon
- Akiko Sekine – Athens 2004 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
- Akiko Sekine at Olympics.com
- Akiko Hirao-Sekine at Olympedia (archive)
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2007)