Name Shinobu Kitamoto Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.63 m Weight 60 kg | |
Olympic medals Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres Similar People Katalin Kovacs, Natasa Dusev‑Janics, Tina Dietze, Karolina Naja, Franziska Weber | ||
Shinobu Kitamoto (北本 忍, Kitamoto Shinobu, born February 1, 1977) is a Japanese sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, the first person from Japan to medal at the world championships.
Competing in three Summer Olympics (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012), Kitamoto earned her best finish of fifth in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008.
World Cup Racice 2010 k1 500m gold medal
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