Personal information | |
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Full name | Emi Takanabe |
National team | Japan |
Born |
Kama, Fukuoka, Japan |
20 September 1990
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | KSG Kaho |
Coach | Takao Tananka |
Emi Takanabe (高鍋 絵美 Takanabe Emi, born September 20, 1985) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She represented her nation Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing herself in the seventh position as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team. Takanabe is a student at National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kagoshima.
Takanabe competed as a member of the Japanese team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Despite missing out the individual spot in the 200 m freestyle, she managed to place third at the Olympic trials in Tokyo (2:01.39) to earn an outright selection on the relay squad. Teaming with Haruka Ueda, Maki Mita, and Misaki Yamaguchi, Takanabe closed the race with a split of 2:01.83, but the Japanese team had to settle for seventh place in 7:57.56.