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Asami Tanno

Asami Chiba
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Amman 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Amman 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Incheon 400 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Incheon 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Guangzhou 4 × 400 m relay
Asian Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Tehran 200 m
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 400 m
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Macau 400 m

Asami Chiba (千葉 麻美 Asami Chiba?) née Tanno (born 25 September 1985) is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the Japanese record holder in the event, and has also broken the national record in the 4×400 metres relay on multiple occasions. She is a member of Natureal Athlete Club in Japan and is coached by Kazuhisa Kawamoto.

As a junior athlete, Tanno won two silver medals at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships, setting a national record in 2004, and she also reached the final of the World Junior Championships. She competed at her first World Championships the following year and won two bronze medals at the Asian Championships. In the 2006 and 2007 seasons, she won bronze at the 2006 Asian Games and two silver medals at the Asian Championships. She also helped set a new national relay record and became Japan's first ever female sprint semi-finalist at the 2007 World Championships. She was less successful at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 World Championships as she was eliminated in the heats at both events.

A five-time national champion in the 400 m, she has only lost once in the event at the Japanese championships, to Satomi Kubokura. She mainly competes on the Japanese athletics circuit, running at the Osaka Grand Prix, Shizuoka International and the Super Meet in Kawasaki.


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