Kotomi Ishizaki

Kotomi Ishizaki (石崎 琴美, Ishizaki Kotomi, born January 4, 1979) is a Japanese curler from Sapporo.

Kotomi Ishizaki
Curler  ♀
Born	(1979-01-04) January 4, 1979 (age 45) Asahikawa, Japan [1]
Team
Curling club	Loco Solare, Kitami, Hokkaido
Curling career
Member Association	Japan
World Championship appearances	6 (2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2023)
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances	10 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018)
Pan Continental Championship appearances	2 (2022, 2023)
Olympic appearances	3 (2002, 2010, 2022)
Grand Slam victories	1 (2023 Canadian Open)
Medal record Women's Curling Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Team Pan Continental Curling Championships 2022 Calgary 2023 Kelowna Pacific-Asia Championships 2000 Esquimalt 2002 Queenstown 2003 Aomori 2015 Almaty 2001 Jeonju 2007 Beijing 2009 Karuizawa 2018 Gangneung 2008 Naseby 2010 Uiseong Representing Hokkaido Japan Curling Championships 2000 Karuizawa 2003 Karuizawa 2022 Tokoro 2023 Tokoro 2001 Tokoro 2002 Tokoro 2021 Wakkanai 2004 Moseushi Representing Aomori Japan Curling Championships 2008 Karuizawa 2009 Aomori 2010 Tokoro 2011 Nayoro 2012 Aomori

Career

She made her World Championship debut at the 2003 Winnipeg World Championships playing lead for Shinobu Aota's team from Japan. She would return to the world championships in 2004 with the same team.

Her next World Championships came in 2008, where the Japanese women (along with Team China) became the first team from the Pacific region to qualify for the Playoffs at the World Championships. Ishizaki and her team, skipped by Moe Meguro, defeated Team Switzerland in the 3 vs. 4 Playoff match. In the Semifinal, they nearly defeated Team Canada and went to the Bronze Medal match to face a rematch against Team Switzerland. They would lose this match 9 - 7, which would become the second-best performance by a Pacific region team at the Curling World Championships.

Kotomi Ishizaki played Lead position for Team Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[2] and at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.

Ishizaki was chosen as an alternate member for Team Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in which they won first-ever silver medals. Ishizaki became the oldest Japanese athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics at age 43 years and 1 month, surpassing Noriaki Kasai, who won 2 medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics at age 41 years and 8 months.

Teammates

2022 Beijing Olympic Games

Satsuki Fujisawa, Skip

Chinami Yoshida Third

Yumi Suzuki Second

Yurika Yoshida Lead

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Moe Meguro, Skip

Anna Ohmiya, Third

Mari Motohashi, Second

Mayo Yamaura, Alternate

2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games

Akiko Katoh, Skip

Yumie Hayashi, Third

Ayumi Onodera, Second

Mika Konaka, Lead

References

1. "Kotomi ISHIZAKI". Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
2. "Teams for Vancouver 2010". worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on January 20, 2010.

External links

• Kotomi Ishizaki at World Curling
• Kotomi Ishizaki at Olympics.com
• Kotomi Ishizaki at Olympedia