Michiko Fukushima
Personal information
Birth nameTomoko Hasegawa
Full nameMichiko Hasegawa-Fukushima
Nationality Japan
Born (1963-08-23) 23 August 1963
Kumaishi, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
ClubKunitomo Gunsmith[1]
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul SP
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Seoul AP40
Gold medal – first place 1986 Seoul AP40 Team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Seoul SP
Silver medal – second place 1986 Seoul SP Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan SP Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha SP Team

Michiko Hasegawa-Fukushima (長谷川-福島 實智子, Hasegawa-Fukushima Michiko, born 23 August 1963 in Kumaishi, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese sport shooter.[2] Fukushima had won a total of nine medals (four golds, three silver, and two bronze) for both air and sport pistol at the ISSF World Cup series. She also captured two medals (silver and bronze) in the same events at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Fukushima emerged as one of Japan's most prominent shooters in its Olympic history. She won the silver medal in the women's 25 metre pistol at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul by four points behind winner Nino Salukvadze of the Soviet Union (now representing Georgia), with a total score of 686 targets (587 in the preliminary rounds and 99 in the final).[3] Twelve years later, Fukushima achieved a fifth-place finish each in the air and sport pistol at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Beijing, accumulating scores of 483.7 and 684.8 points, respectively. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but she neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal.

Twenty years after competing in her first Olympics, Fukushima qualified for her fourth Japanese team, as a 44-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second in the sport pistol from the ISSF World Cup series in Sydney, Australia, with a record-breaking score of 785.7 points.[3] She placed thirty-eighth out of forty-four shooters in the women's 10 m air pistol by two points behind United States' Brenda Shinn from the final attempt, with a total score of 373 targets.[4] Three days later, Fukushima competed for her second event, 25 m pistol, where she was able to shoot 288 targets in the precision stage, and 293 in the rapid fire, for a total score of 581 points, finishing only in tenth place.[5]

Olympic results

Event 1988 2000 2004 2008
25 metre pistol 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
587+99		 5th
585+99.8		 13th
577		 10th
581
10 metre air pistol 11th
379		 5th
383+100.7		 25th
378		 38th
373

References

  1. 1 2 "ISSF Profile – Michiko Fukushima". ISSF. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michiko Hasegawa-Fukushima". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Fukushima qualifies for Olympics". The Japan Times Online. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Women's 25m Pistol Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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