| Medal record | ||
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| Women's swimming | ||
Competitor for  Japan |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2004 Athens[1] | 800 m freestyle |
| World Championships - Long Course | ||
| Silver | 2005 Montreal[2] | 400 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 2005 Montreal | 800 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 2007 Melbourne[3] | 400 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 2007 Melbourne | 1500 m freestyle |
| Pan Pacific Championships | ||
| Gold | 2006 Victoria | 400 m freestyle |
| Silver | 2006 Victoria | 800 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 2006 Victoria | 1500 m freestyle |
| Bronze | 2006 Victoria | 4x200 m freestyle |
Ai Shibata (柴田 亜衣 Shibata Ai, born May 14, 1982 in Dazaifu, Fukuoka) is a Japanese swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race and became the first ever female gold medalist for Japan in a freestyle event. She graduated from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya.
Her brother is also a world class swimmer.
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References [link]
- ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. https://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Montreal 2005 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20070128064425/https://www.fina.org/events/WC/Montreal_2005/results/sw.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- ^ "12th FINA World Championships". Archived from the original on 2007-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20070606111744/https://www.fina.org/events/WC/Melbourne_2007/results/swimming.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
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