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Yukiko Ueno

1982 - Today

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Yukiko Ueno (上野 由岐子, Ueno Yukiko; born July 22, 1982) is a Japanese professional softball pitcher for Bic Camera Takasaki Bee Queen and Japan women's national softball team. She won a bronze and two gold medals from the 2004, 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics, respectively. She became the first pitcher ever to throw a perfect game at the Olympics, against China in Athens. With a fastball that tops out at 128 km/h (80 mph), she is widely recognized as the fastest pitcher in women's softball, although her signature pitch is her change-up, which is often cited as the best in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yukiko Ueno is the 5,454th most popular athlete (down from 5,093rd in 2019), the 4,408th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,357th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yukiko Ueno ranks 5,454 out of 6,025. Before her are Hilde Fenne, Marlies Smulders, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, Galen Rupp, Dong Bin, and Kim Jung-hwan. After her are Vasilisa Stepanova, Arturo Casado, Ramadan Darwish, Hamish Kerr, Juan Francisco, and Mario Mola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Yukiko Ueno ranks 1,297. Before her are Aitor Hernández, Tomoya Kanamori, Yusuke Gondo, Marlies Smulders, Prithviraj Sukumaran, and Hironobu Haga. After her are James White, Marcelo Soares, Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson, Takumi Watanabe, Jonathan Cantwell, and Fabien Lefèvre.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yukiko Ueno ranks 4,421 out of 6,245. Before her are Yuhei Ono (1985), Kim Song-yong (1987), Tetsuya Enomoto (1983), Mami Ueno (1996), Kazuyasu Minobe (1987), and Naoya Tamura (1984). After her are Tsuyoshi Kaneko (1983), Yuito Suzuki (2001), Kiko Seike (1996), Shinya Tomita (1980), Hiroshi Kichise (1983), and Hiroki Kishida (1981).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Yukiko Ueno ranks 91. Before her are Reiko Tosa (1976), Mayumi Yamashita (1975), Satsuki Fujisawa (1991), Masako Chiba (1976), Ayumu Hirano (1998), and Kie Kusakabe (1978). After her are Hina Hayata (2000), Yoshiaki Oiwa (1976), Ryota Yamagata (1992), Tetsuto Yamada (1992), Yoshimi Ozaki (1981), and Nao Kusaka (2000).

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