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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Ai Shibata is the 426th most popular swimmer (up from 481st in 2019), the 3,871st most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,506th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ai Shibata ranks 426 out of 709Before her are Ahmed Hafnaoui, Natalie du Toit, Stephanie Rice, Tom Malchow, Spyridon Gianniotis, 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 1,072Before 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 3,884 out of 6,245Before 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), Arata Sugiyama (1980), and Ayaka Nishiwaki (1989).

Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Ai Shibata ranks 10Before her are Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), Hideko Maehata (1914), Katsuo Takaishi (1906), Shiro Hashizume (1928), Daichi Suzuki (1967), and Kosuke Kitajima (1982). After her are Kosuke Hagino (1994), Daiya Seto (1994), Ryosuke Irie (1990), Reiko Nakamura (1982), Takeshi Matsuda (1984), and Satomi Suzuki (1991).