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| Born | March 24, 1973 Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Obihiro CC, Obihiro & Tokoro CC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 5 (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 4 (1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Akemi Niwa (丹羽 明美, Niwa Akemi, born March 24, 1973 in Kitami, Hokkaido) is a Japanese curler,[1] a three-time Pacific-Asian champion (1993, 1997, 1998) and a three-time Japan women's champion (1997, 1998, 1999).
She played for Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in fifth place.[2]
- ^ "Akemi Niwa". WorldCurling.org.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Akemi Niwa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.