Yukari Kawasaki
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is an athlete from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. She competes in archery
Archery
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Kawasaki represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
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. She placed 37th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 622. In the first round of elimination, she faced 28th-ranked Iwona Marcinkiewicz
Iwona Marcinkiewicz
Iwona Marcinkiewicz is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.For her sport achievements, she received:...

 of Poland
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. Kawasaki lost 119-106 in the 18-arrow match, placing 63rd overall in women's individual archery.

Kawasaki was also a member of the 14th-place Japanese women's archery team.

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