Chiharu Nakamura
| Date of birth | April 25, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chiharu Nakamura (中村 知春, Nakamura Chiharu, born April 25, 1988) is a Japanese rugby sevens player.
Early career
[edit]In 2010, She graduated with a Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Career Design at the Ichigaya Campus of Hosei University.[1]
Rugby career
[edit]Nakamura made her international sevens debut for Japan at the 2013 USA Women's Sevens in Houston.[1]
Nakamura led the Japan's women's sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4] She has competed for the Sakura sevens team at three Rugby World Cup Sevens tournaments in 2013, 2018 and 2022.[1]
Nakamura won silver at the 2014 Asian Games. She competed at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[5][6][7]
She also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "NAKAMURA Chiharu – Paris 2024". olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ "NAKAMURA Chiharu". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Rugby: Sakura Sevens squad announced for Rio". Kyodo News.net. 16 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Sakura Sevens Team Announced for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ "Sakura Sevens Announce Team for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ "Japan Sakura Sevens Team Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ "Japan's Olympic Sevens Teams Revealed Alongside New National Sevens Jersey". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Japan - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
External links
[edit]- Chiharu Nakamura at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- "Japan Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Rugby sevens players from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
- Japanese rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in rugby union
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Japan international women's rugby sevens players
- Japanese female rugby union players
- 21st-century Japanese women
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Japanese rugby union biography stubs