Kyōko Iwasaki
Kyōko Iwasaki ( Japanese 岩崎 恭子 , Iwasaki Kyōko ; born July 21, 1978 in Numazu , Shizuoka Prefecture ) is a former Japanese swimmer .
At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , she was Olympic champion over 200 m breaststroke. This was to be the only great success of her career.
The astronomer Makio Akiyama named the asteroid (35441) Kyoko, discovered in 1998, after her.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (35001) - (40000). In: IAU Minor Planet Center. IAU, accessed May 21, 2011 .
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SURNAME | Iwasaki, Kyōko |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 岩崎 恭子 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese swimmer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Numazu , Shizuoka Prefecture |