Nationality Japan Name Emi Takanabe Height 1.66 m | Club KSG Kaho (JPN) Weight 55 kg Coach Takao Tananka | |
Born 20 September 1990 (age 34) ( 1990-09-20 ) | ||
Emi Takanabe (高鍋 絵美, Takanabe Emi, born September 20, 1985) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She represented her nation Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing herself in the seventh position as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team. Takanabe is a student at National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kagoshima.
Takanabe competed as a member of the Japanese team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Despite missing out the individual spot in the 200 m freestyle, she managed to place third at the Olympic trials in Tokyo (2:01.39) to earn an outright selection on the relay squad. Teaming with Haruka Ueda, Maki Mita, and Misaki Yamaguchi, Takanabe closed the race with a split of 2:01.83, but the Japanese team had to settle for seventh place in 7:57.56.