Birth Date: | 23 March 1943 |
Birth Place: | Niigata Prefecture, Japan |
Height: | 1.58 m |
Weight: | 50 kg |
Sport: | Artistic gymnastics |
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Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri (中村-三栗 多仁子, born March 23, 1943) is a retired Japanese gymnast. She competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964 + bronze at the asymmetric bar during the 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Her best individual achievement was seventh place on uneven bars in 1968.[1] Born Taniko Nakamura she changed her last name after marrying Takashi Mitsukuri, a fellow Olympic gymnast.