Momoha Tabata

Japanese curler (born 2002)

Momoha Tabata
Curler
Momoha Tabata holds a broom while looking down at a curling stone
Tabata at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 21)
Team
Curling clubHokkaido Bank, Sapporo
SkipMomoha Tabata
ThirdMiku Nihira
SecondSae Yamamoto
LeadMikoto Nakajima
AlternateAyami Ito
Curling career
Member Association Japan
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Lohja
Winter Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2020 Lausanne Mixed team
Representing Hokkaido
Japan Curling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Sapporo
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokoro

Momoha Tabata (Japanese: 田畑百葉, Hepburn: Tabata Momoha, born 8 August 2002) is a Japanese curler. She is the skip on the Hokkaido Bank curling team. At the international level, Tabata medaled silver at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics as the third on the Japanese mixed team.

Early life and education

Tabata was born in Ebetsu, Hokkaido. She attended Hokkaido Ohasa High School [ja].[1] In sixth grade, she applied for and was accepted to the Hokkaido Talent Athlete Discovery and Development Project at the recommendation of her parents.[2] Alongside curling, Tabata did track and field during middle and high school.[3]

Career

In the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Tabata medaled silver as the third on the Japanese team in the mixed team event.[4] She was also the captain of the Japanese national team.[5] Tabata also skipped for the Sapporo Association team at the Japan Junior Curling Championship [ja] where she medaled gold.[6]

In April 2021, Tabata joined the Hokkaido Bank Fortius team, led by Sayaka Yoshimura, as an alternate.[7]

Tabata participated in the opening ceremony for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as one of the flagbearers of the Japanese flag alongside Yoshinobu Miyake and Naoko Takahashi among others.[8]

In December 2021, she left Fortius to become a founding member of the Hokkaido Bank Women's Curling Club after Team Yoshimura left Hokkaido Bank following the expiration of their contract.[9]

At the 2022 Japan Curling Championships, Tabata's team finished the round robin in second place, qualifying them for the 1 vs. 2 playoff game against Loco Solare, which they lost. After losing in the semifinal to Chubu Electric Power, they medaled bronze.

At the 2023 Japan Curling Championships, Tabata's team ranked fifth in the round robin and thus overall.[10]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2017–18 Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira [ja] Mikoto Nakajima [ja] Ozeki Yui
2018–19 Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira Mikoto Nakajima Ozeki Yui
2019–20 Momoha Tabata Honoka Sasaki [ja] Mikoto Nakajima Mina Kobayashi
Takumi Maeda Momoha Tabata Asei Nakahara Mina Kobayashi
2020–21 Momoha Tabata Mina Kobayashi Mikoto Nakajima Miku Nihira Natsuko Ishiyama [ja]
2021–22 Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama Momoha Tabata
Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira Mikoto Nakajima Ayami Ito
2022–23 Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira Mikoto Nakajima Sae Yamamoto Ayami Ito
2023–24 Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira Sae Yamamoto Mikoto Nakajima Ayami Ito

References

  1. ^ 第3回冬季ユースオリンピック競技大会日本選手団名簿 [The 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games Japanese Team Roster] (PDF). Japanese Olympic Committee.
  2. ^ "Hokkaido Shimbun". Hokkaido Shimbun. 25 December 2019.
  3. ^ 全道大会出場目指して! 管内中体連大会終了 [Aiming to participate in the All-Hokkaido Tournament! End of Intermediate Athletic Federation Tournament] (PDF). Ebetsu Daiichi Junior High School. Ebetsu Municipal Daiichi Junior High School. 20 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Curling – Mixed Team – After Finals – Competition Summary" (PDF). Lausanne 2020. 16 January 2020.
  5. ^ 主将に田畑百葉選手、旗手に鍵山優真選手が決定＝第3回ユースオリンピック冬季競技大会（2020／ローザンヌ）日本代表選手団 [Momoha Tabata as Captain, Yuma Kagiyama as Flag Bearer = 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games (2020 / Lausanne) Japanese National Team]. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. ^ 公式記録表 [Official Record Table] (PDF). Japan Curling Association. 22 November 2020.
  7. ^ 新加入選手のお知らせ [Notice of new players]. Women's Curling Team Fortius (in Japanese). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ^ 重量挙げ・三宅義信氏ら６人が国旗運ぶ 東京五輪開会式 [Six people including weightlifter Yoshinobu Miyake carry the national flag at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics]. Sanspo (in Japanese). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. ^ チーム運営に関してのご報告 [Report on Team Management]. Women's Curling Team Fortius (in Japanese). 11 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  10. ^ 試合結果 [Match Result]. [Official] ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championship 2023 (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 July 2023.

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