Akiko Sekiwa

Akiko Sekiwa (Japanese: 関和 章子; born April 6, 1978, in Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan as Akiko Katoh,^[1] Japanese: 加藤 章子) is a Japanese curler and curling coach,^[2] a four-time Pacific-Asian champion (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) and a four-time Japan women's champion (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001).

Akiko Sekiwa
Curler  ♀
Born	Akiko Katoh (1978-04-06) April 6, 1978 (age 46) Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan
Team
Curling club	Obihiro CC, Obihiro & Tokoro CC
Curling career
Member Association	Japan
World Championship appearances	5 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001)
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances	5 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001)
Olympic appearances	2 (1998, 2002)
Other appearances	World Junior Championships: 5 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
Medal record Curling Pacific-Asia Championships 1994 Christchurch 1996 Sydney 1997 Karuizawa 1998 Qualicum Beach 2001 Jeonju Japan Women's Championship 1997 Karuizawa 1998 Tokoro 1999 Tokoro 2001 Tokoro 2000 Karuizawa World Junior Championships 1998 Thunder Bay 1999 Östersund

She played for Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in fifth place. Also, she competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in eighth place.^[3]

Awards

• World Junior Curling Championships All-Star Team, Women: 1998

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
1994–95	Ayako Ishigaki	Yukari Kondo	Emi Fujita	Akiko Katoh	Ayumi Onodera	Tetsu Eda	PCC 1994
	Mika Hori	Hitomi Suzuki	Fumiko Hirosawa	Kozue Hasegawa	Akiko Katoh		WJCC 1995 (7th)
1995–96	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Ayumi Onodera	Kiomi Ozawa	Mika Yoda		WJCC 1996 (5th)
	Ayako Ishigaki	Mayumi Ohkutsu	Yukari Kondo	Yoko Mimura	Akiko Katoh		WCC 1996 (6th)
1996–97	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Ayumi Onodera	Mika Hori	Ai Kobayashi		WJCC 1997 (5th)
	Mayumi Ohkutsu	Akiko Katoh	Yukari Kondo	Yoko Mimura	Akemi Niwa		PCC 1996 JWCC 1997 WCC 1997 (4th)
1997–98	Mayumi Ohkutsu	Akiko Katoh	Yukari Kondo	Akemi Niwa	Yoko Mimura		PCC 1997
	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Ayumi Onodera	Mika Hori	Ai Kobayashi		WJCC 1998
	Mayumi Ohkutsu	Akiko Katoh	Yukari Kondo	Yoko Mimura	Akemi Niwa	Elaine Dagg-Jackson	WOG 1998 (5th) JWCC 1998 WCC 1998 (8th)
1998–99	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Ayumi Onodera	Mika Hori	Akemi Niwa	Elaine Dagg-Jackson	PCC 1998
	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Ayumi Onodera	Ai Kobayashi	Shinobu Aota	Elaine Dagg-Jackson	WJCC 1999
	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Akemi Niwa	Ayumi Onodera	Mika Hori		JWCC 1999
	Akiko Katoh	Akemi Niwa	Ayumi Onodera	Mika Hori	Yumie Hayashi	Elaine Dagg-Jackson	WCC 1999 (9th)
1999–00	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Ayumi Onodera	Mika Hori			JWCC 2000
2000–01	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Ayumi Onodera	Mika Konaka	Yukari Okazaki (WCC)	Yoshiyuki Ohmiya	JWCC 2001 WCC 2001 (7th)
2001–02	Akiko Katoh	Yumie Hayashi	Ayumi Onodera	Mika Konaka	Kotomi Ishizaki	Yoshiyuki Ohmiya	PCC 2001 WOG 2002 (8th)

Record as a coach of national teams

Year	Tournament, event	National team	Place
2003	2003 World Junior Curling Championships	Japan (junior women)	5

References

1. Other writing: Akiko Kato.
2. "Akiko Katoh". WorldCurling.org.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Akiko Kato". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.

External links

• Akiko Katoh at World Curling
• Akiko Katoh at Olympics.com
• Akiko Kato at Olympedia
• Akiko Kato – Nagano 1998 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
• Nagano 1998 - Official Report Vol. 3 (web archive; "Curling" chapter begins at page 236). "KATOH, Akiko".
• Akiko Sekiwa (Katoh) on Facebook