Ai Shibata
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| Full name | Ai Shibata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 May 1982 Dazaifu, Fukuoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ai Shibata (柴田 亜衣 Shibata Ai, born May 14, 1982 in Dazaifu, Fukuoka) is a Japanese swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race and became the first ever female gold medalist for Japan in a freestyle event. She graduated from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya.
Her brother is also a world class swimmer.
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