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Ayumi Tanimoto

Ayumi Tanimoto

Ayumi Tanimoto is the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Champion from Japan. She is coach of the Japanese women. She won the Asian Games in 2002 in Busan and won two World Championships medals in 2001 and 2007 and silver in 2005 in Cairo against Lucie Decosse. She contributed to World Team championships in 2002 and 2008 with Japan. Tanimoto was inducted into the IJF Hall of Fame in 2018.


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