Miya Tachibana

is a Japanese competitor in synchronised swimming from Ōtsu, Shiga.

She received five Olympic medals at the 1996, the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics. The silver medal from the 2000 Olympics was in the duet with Miho Takeda, and they also received a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.

Tachibana began practicing the sport during her fourth year in elementary school. During the summer of 2008, she was a synchronized swimming coach for the Santa Clara Aquamaids in Santa Clara, California.

References

1974 births

Living people

Olympic silver medalists for Japan

Olympic bronze medalists for Japan

Japanese synchronized swimmers

Olympic synchronized swimmers for Japan

Synchronized swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

People from Ōtsu, Shiga

Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming

Asian Games medalists in artistic swimming

Artistic swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games

Artistic swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games

Artistic swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games

World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming

Synchronized swimmers at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

Synchronized swimmers at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Asian Games gold medalists for Japan

Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games