Sachiko Yamada (swimmer)

Sachiko Yamada (山田沙知子, Yamada Sachiko, born October 15, 1982 in Osaka, Japan)[1] is an Olympic and former World-Record-holding freestyle swimmer from Japan. She swam for Japan at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

Sachiko Yamada
Personal information
Full nameSachiko Yamada
Nationality Japan
Born (1982-10-15) October 15, 1982
Osaka, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Major achievements

Personal bests

In long course

  • 400 m freestyle: 4:07.23
  • 800 m freestyle: 8:23.68 Asian Record

See also

References

  1. Yamada's entry from www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
Records
Preceded by
CHEN Hua
World Record Holder
Women's 800 Freestyle (25m)

February 4, 2002 December 9, 2005
Succeeded by
Laure Manaudou


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