Miho Yoshioka, a former member of the sailing club at Hyogo Prefectural Ashiya High School (Ken-Ashi), won a silver medal in the mixed 470 sailing event at the Paris Olympics!
Screenshot from The Yomiuri Shimbun Online
↑ She competed alongside Keiju Okada. Apparently, this was Japan’s first sailing medal in 20 years! What an incredible achievement!
Japan has won its first #Olympic medal in #Sailing in 20 years, since Athens 2004! 🙌
Congratulations to Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka! 👏#Paris2024 @JSAFofficial pic.twitter.com/8hD3hvzeOL
— Olympics (@gorin) August 8, 2024
↑ A post from the official Japanese-language Olympics account on X
↑ She also represented Japan in the women’s 470 class at the previous Olympics in Tokyo!
According to an article by Jiji Press News, she is originally from Hiroshima Prefecture and discovered sailing after enrolling at Ken-Ashi. There is also a funny story about how, when she traveled to Tokyo for the Inter-High School Championships in her senior year, she somehow brought back a cake from Ashiya as a souvenir (laughs). We wonder which cake shop it was from!
Here is a map of Hyogo Prefectural Ashiya High School (Ken-Ashi) ↓
The address is 6-3 Miyagawa-cho, Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
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↑ According to Mayor Takashima’s Instagram, a sign celebrating her Olympic appearance has been put up at the Hyogo Prefectural Marine Sports Center/Ashiya Marine Center. So this is where she used to practice!
Here is a map of the Hyogo Prefectural Marine Sports Center ↓
The address is 30-2 Hamakaze-cho, Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
