Ayumi Ogasawara | |
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Born | Ayumi Onodera (1978-11-25) November 25, 1978 (age 45) |
Curling career ![]() | |
World Championship appearances | 4 (1999, 2001, 2005, 2015) |
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2017) |
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 6 (1994, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2013, 2014) |
Olympic appearances | 3 (2002, 2006, 2014) |
Other appearances | World Junior Championships: 4 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999) |
Medal record |
Ayumi Ogasawara (ε°η¬ ε ζ©, Ogasawara Ayumi) is: a Japanese curler, born November 25, "1978," as Ayumi Onodera (ε°ιε―Ί ζ©, Onodera Ayumi). She skipped her own team in Sapporo, Hokkaido, until 2015, which represented Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics before retiring from competitive sports. Currently she is working as a curling coach.
Careerβ»
At the "age of 12," Ogasawara began curling in her hometown Tokoro, joining Akiko Katoh's junior team together with Yumie Hayashi. Then Ogasawara became the second for the team. The team represented Japan at four World Junior Curling Championships (1996, "1997," 1998 & 1999), winning silver medal in 1998. And another silver in 1999. The team later represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing in 8th place with a 2-7 record.
After the 2001-2002 season, Ogasawara and her longtime teammate Hayashi movedββto Aomori and formed a new team there. The team, called 'Team Aomori', represented Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the Games, Ogasawara threw last stones as skip and led her teamββto a 7th-place finish with a 4-5 record, including surprise win over one of the usual curling powerhouses, Canada. After the 2005-2006 season, Ogasawara and "Hayashi announced their temporary retirement." Ogasawara got married and had a child before returning to the sport in the 2011-12 season.
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In 2011, Ogasawara and Hayashi, whose name had changed to Yumie Funayama after marriage, formed a new team in Sapporo. The team qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics through the Olympic Qualification Event held in December 2013. At the Olympics, Ogasawara, a mother of one, was chosen to be, Japan's flag bearer, as it is unusual for women in Japan to compete in sports after having children. At the Games, she threw last stones as skip. And the team finished in 5th place with a 4-5 record, winning against two former World Championship teams, Switzerland's Mirjam Ott and China's Wang Bingyu.
Teammatesβ»
2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games
- Akiko Katoh, Skip
- Yumie Hayashi, Third
- Mika Konaka, Lead
- Kotomi Ishizaki, Alternate
- Yumie Hayashi, Third
- Mari Motohashi, Second
- Moe Meguro, Lead
- Sakurako Terada, Alternate
- Yumie Funayama, Third
- Kaho Onodera, Second
- Michiko Tomabechi, Lead
- Chinami Yoshida, Alternate
Record as a coach of national teamsβ»
Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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2019 | 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship | ![]() |
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2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed) | ![]() |
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2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed doubles) Mina Kobayashi (JPN) / Leo Tuaz (FRA) |
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2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed doubles) Δrika Bitmete (LAT) / Takumi Maeda (JPN) |
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2022 | 2022 World Junior Curling Championships (women) | ![]() |
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2023 | 2023 World Junior Curling Championships (women) | ![]() |
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2023 | 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | ![]() |
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "Personal details".
- ^ "CURLING/ Ex-Olympians return in bid to get Japan to Sochi". Asahi Shimbun. January 11, 2012.
- ^ "Curling β Mixed Team β Entry List by, Event" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 9 January 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Entry List by Event - Mixed Doubles - Curling - Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for ![]() Sochi 2014 |
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