Ginko Abukawa-Chiba (虻川-千葉 吟子, born Abukawa; February 25, 1938) is a retired Japanese gymnast. She competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964. Her best individual achievement was tenth place on the vault in 1964.[1]
| Ginko Abukawa | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Abukawa-Chiba at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Ginko Abukawa-Chiba | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 25, 1938 Akita Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ginko Abukawa-Chiba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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