Noriko Taniguchi
| Date of birth | September 7, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Noriko Taniguchi (谷口 令子, Taniguchi Noriko, born September 7, 1992) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She was a member of the Japan women's national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4] She won a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games in rugby sevens.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "TANIGUCHI Noriko". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Rugby: Sakura Sevens squad announced for Rio". Kyodo News.net. 16 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Noriko Taniguchi". asiangames.sporttu.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
External links
[edit]- "Japan Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- Noriko Taniguchi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
- Japanese rugby sevens players
- Japan international women's rugby sevens players
- Japanese female rugby union 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
- 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
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