Yoshimi Nishigawa

Yoshimi Nishigawa

Yoshimi Nishigawa in 1972
Personal information
Born	(1953-04-08) April 8, 1953 Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, medley
Medal record Representing  Japan Asian Games 1970 Bangkok 100 m freestyle 1970 Bangkok 200 m freestyle 1970 Bangkok 200 m medley 1970 Bangkok 4×100 m freestyle 1970 Bangkok 4×100 m medley 1974 Tehran 100 m freestyle 1974 Tehran 200 m freestyle 1974 Tehran 200 m medley 1974 Tehran 4×100 m freestyle 1974 Tehran 4×100 m medley

Yoshimi Nishigawa (西側よしみ, born April 8, 1953) is a retired Japanese swimmer who won ten gold medals at the Asian Games in 1970 and 1974. A versatile swimmer, she competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics in three events at each games and reached the final on five occasions. She married the Olympic rower Takashi Murayama.^[1]

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