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.
| Momoha Tabata | |
|---|---|
_075_(cropped).jpg) Tabata at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | |
| Born | 8 August 2002 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Hokkaido Bank, Sapporo |
| Skip | Momoha Tabata |
| Third | Miku Nihira |
| Second | Sae Yamamoto |
| Lead | Mikoto Nakajima |
| Alternate | Ayami Ito |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Japan |
Medal record | |
Early life and education
Tabata was born in Ebetsu, Hokkaido. She attended Hokkaido Ohasa High School.[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 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 | Mikoto Nakajima | Ozeki Yui | |
| 2018–19 | Momoha Tabata | Miku Nihira | Mikoto Nakajima | Ozeki Yui | |
| 2019–20 | Momoha Tabata | Honoka Sasaki | Mikoto Nakajima | Mina Kobayashi | |
| Takumi Maeda | Momoha Tabata | Asei Nakahara | Mina Kobayashi | ||
| 2020–21 | Momoha Tabata | Mina Kobayashi | Mikoto Nakajima | Miku Nihira | Natsuko Ishiyama |
| 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
External links
- Momoha Tabata at the World Curling Federation
Media related to Momoha Tabata at Wikimedia Commons
