Aya Takeuchi
| Date of birth | August 5, 1986 | ||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Gifu, Gifu, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Aya Takeuchi (竹内 亜弥, Takeuchi Aya, born August 5, 1986) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She played for Japan's women's sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3] She won a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games as a member of Japan's sevens team.
Takeuchi graduated from Kyoto University. She also played volleyball for ten years.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "TAKEUCHI Aya". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ Arai, Susumu (2015-12-01). "Players from other sports help power Sakura 7s to berth in Rio". asianews.network. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
External links
[edit]- Aya Takeuchi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- "Japan Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
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