Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara | |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1939 |
Birth Place: | Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan |
Height: | 1.47 m |
Weight: | 47 kg |
Discipline: | WAG |
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is a retired Japanese gymnast. She competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964. Her best individual achievements were fourth places on the vault and uneven bars in 1964.[1] Born Toshiko Shirasu she changed her last name after marrying Nobuyuki Aihara, a fellow Olympic gymnast. Their son Yutaka Aihara won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the 1992 Olympics.