Michiko Kihara
Japanese swimmer and TV actress
Michiko Kihara at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | April 5, 1948 Akashi, Hyogo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | October 18, 2007 (aged 59) Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michiko Kihara (木原 美知子, Kihara Michiko, April 5, 1948 – October 18, 2007) was a Japanese swimmer and TV actress. She competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 100 m backstroke, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay and finished fourth in the medley relay.[1] After retiring from swimming, Kihara became a model, businesswoman and TV actress, playing in several Japanese TV series in the 1970s–80s.[2] In 2005, she was appointed as director of the Japan Swimming Federation. She died of subarachnoid hemorrhage at age 59.[3]
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Asian Games champions in women's 100 m freestyle
- 1954 Haydee Coloso (PHI)
- 1958 Yoshiko Sato (JPN)
- 1962 Yoshiko Sato (JPN)
- 1966 Michiko Kihara (JPN)
- 1970 Yoshimi Nishigawa (JPN)
- 1974 Yoshimi Nishigawa (JPN)
- 1978 Sachiko Yamazaki (JPN)
- 1982 Kaori Yanase (JPN)
- 1986 Yoko Shimao (JPN)
- 1990 Zhuang Yong (CHN)
- 1994 Shan Ying (CHN)
- 1998 Shan Ying (CHN)
- 2002 Xu Yanwei (CHN)
- 2006 Xu Yanwei (CHN)
- 2010 Tang Yi (CHN)
- 2014 Shen Duo (CHN)
- 2018 Rikako Ikee (JPN)
- 2022 Siobhán Haughey (HKG)
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