Makoto Tsuruga
Makoto Tsuruga 
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| birthday | 3rd November 1977 | |||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Tokoro , Hokkaidō | |||||||||||||||
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| Playing position | Third | |||||||||||||||
| Playing hand | right | |||||||||||||||
| status | unknown | |||||||||||||||
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| last change: March 8, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
Makoto Tsuruga ( Japanese 敦 賀 信 人 , Tsuruga Makoto ; born November 3, 1977 in Tokoro , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese curler .
Tsuruga made his international debut at the 1996 World Junior Championship in Red Deer , but he remained without a medal. In 1996 he won his first precious metal with the silver medal at the Pacific Championship in Taipei . Tsuruga won the Japanese championships four times from 1996 to 1999 with the then Olympic team, 2004 with the Super Mariners and 2005 with the miya team .
Tsuruga played as the skip of the Japanese team in the XVIII. Winter Olympics in Nagano in curling. The team took fifth place.
On the 21st to. December 24, 2007 he took part in the 1st national championship in mixed doubles with Ayumi Ogasawara as a partner. Both made it to the finals, but were defeated by Michiko Taira and Kenji Tomabechi , who thus became Japan's selection for the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship .
successes
- 3rd place Pacific Championship 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005
Web links
- Makoto Tsuruga on Worldcurling.org (English)
- Makoto Tsuruga in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Nihon Olympic Iinkai (Japanese Olympic Committee): Athlete profile
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nippon Curling Kyōkai ("Japanese Curling Association"): 日本 カ ー リ ン グ 選手 権 歴 代 優勝 チ ー ム ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ("Historic winning teams of the Japanese curling championships")
- ↑ ２００８ 第 １ 回 日本 ミ ッ ク ス ダ ブ ル ス カ ー リ ン グ 選手 権 . (No longer available online.) In: Japan Curling Association Official Web Site. JCA, archived from the original on May 2, 2009 ; Retrieved April 27, 2010 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Tsuruga, Makoto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 敦 賀信 人 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese curler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd November 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokoro , Hokkaidō |