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Ai Shibata

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Ai Shibata (柴田 亜衣, Shibata Ai; born May 14, 1982) is a Japanese former swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race. She was the first ever female gold medalist for Japan in a freestyle event. She attended the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Ai Shibata is the 467th most popular swimmer (up from 483rd in 2024), the 4,089th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,505th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ai Shibata ranks 467 out of 709. Before her are Jon Sieben, Sergio López Miró, Olga Novokshchenova, Spyridon Gianniotis, Brad Bridgewater, and Manon van Rooijen. After her are Chantal Groot, Summer McIntosh, Luo Xuejuan, Melvin Stewart, Duncan Goodhew, and Jennie Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Ai Shibata ranks 1,151. Before her are Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Jun Muramatsu, Giovanni Pasquale, Mohammad Nosrati, Manon van Rooijen, and Daniel Muñoz de la Nava. After her are David Cobeño, Nienke Kingma, Fairuz Fauzy, Samm Levine, Simone Missick, and Kenny van Hummel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ai Shibata ranks 4,102 out of 6,245. Before her are Naoto Matsuo (1979), Jun Muramatsu (1982), Hideki Sahara (1978), Shuichi Akai (1981), Kazuki Hiramoto (1981), and Koki Niwa (1994). After her are Kozo Yuki (1979), Kotaro Yamazaki (1978), Naoki Yamada (1990), Tomonobu Yokoyama (1985), Dai Tamesue (1978), and Arata Sugiyama (1980).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Ai Shibata ranks 13. Before her are Shiro Hashizume (1928), Daichi Suzuki (1967), Kosuke Kitajima (1982), Mikako Kotani (1966), Akiko Kawase (1971), and Junko Tanaka (1973). After her are Kosuke Hagino (1994), Yoko Isoda (1978), Emiko Suzuki (1981), Daiya Seto (1994), Ryosuke Irie (1990), and Reiko Nakamura (1982).

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