Manami Hino
Encyclopedia
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese bobsledder who has competed since 1999.
Performance
- Finished 15th in the two-woman event at the 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Winter OlympicsThe 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
. - Finished 20th in the two-woman event at the 2007 FIBT World ChampionshipsFIBT World Championships 2007The FIBT World Championships 2007 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record twenty-first time, doing so previously in 1931 , 1935 , 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 , 1990 , 1997 , 1998 , and 2001...
in St. MoritzSt. MoritzSt. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
. - Finished 1st in the All Japan Bobsleigh ChampionshipsAll Japan Bobsleigh ChampionshipsThe All Japan Bobsleigh Championships are annual bosledding championships organized by the Japan Bobsleigh and Luge Federation at the Spiral in Nagano, Japan. They were first held in 1938.-2-person champions:...
in Dec. 2009. (Hino has finished 1st in this competition every year since 2002) - Finished 16th in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.