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Kaori Kawanaka

1991 - Today

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Kaori Kawanaka (川中 香緒里, Kawanaka Kaori; born August 3, 1991) is a Japanese archer who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Kawanaka won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's team event with teammates Ren Hayakawa and Miki Kanie. Their success, which came after a narrow victory over Russia in the third-place match, marked the first Olympic medal for Japan in team archery. Kawanaka was less successful in the women's individual event, losing in the opening elimination round. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Kaori Kawanaka is the 5,618th most popular athlete (up from 6,248th in 2024), the 4,250th most popular biography from Japan (down from 4,157th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kaori Kawanaka ranks 5,618 out of 6,025Before her are Iain Brambell, Davidson Ezinwa, Chantelle Newbery, Karoline Offigstad Knotten, Antonella Palmisano, and Karim Laghouag. After her are Boniface Tumuti, Nevin Galmarini, Yemisi Ogunleye, Michał Jeliński, Orlando Ortega, and Bahri Tanrıkulu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Kaori Kawanaka ranks 852Before her are Javier Calvo, Femi Ogunode, Molla Wagué, Eben Etzebeth, Antonella Palmisano, and Kaede Nakamura. After her are Orlando Ortega, Poonam Pandey, Erick Green, Artemi Panarin, Kelly Olynyk, and Ján Greguš.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kaori Kawanaka ranks 4,263 out of 6,245Before her are Kazuhito Esaki (1986), Tetsuya Oishi (1979), Yoshimi Yamashita (1986), Hideo Tanaka (1983), Yuta Watanabe (1997), and Kaede Nakamura (1991). After her are Yoshikiyo Kuboyama (1976), Ryuji Kawai (1978), Jun Uruno (1979), Kenichi Yumoto (1984), Tatsuya Tsuruta (1982), and Koji Yoshinari (1974).

Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Kaori Kawanaka ranks 78Before her are Ippei Watanabe (null), Yoriko Okamoto (1971), Ryo Kiyuna (1990), Noriko Mizoguchi (1971), Yusuke Suzuki (1988), and Christa Deguchi (1995). After her are Miki Kanie (1988), Joseph Bell (null), Takuya Kai (1992), Hiroyuki Tomita (1980), Haruka Kitaguchi (1998), and Joji Kato (1985).