Mari Motohashi

Mari Motohashi
Curler

Motohashi in 2006
Born (1986-06-10) June 10, 1986
Tokoro, Kitami, Hokkaido
Team
Curling club Tokoro CC,
Kitami, Hokkaido, JPN
Skip Satsuki Fujisawa
Third Chinami Yoshida
Second Yumi Suzuki
Lead Yurika Yoshida
Alternate Mari Motohashi
Career
World Championship
appearances		 6 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016)
Pacific Championship
appearances		 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Olympic
appearances		 2 (2006, 2010)
Medal record
Women's curling
Competitor for  Japan
World Championships
2016 Swift Current
Pacific Championships
2003 Aomori
2004 Chuncheon
2007 Beijing
2009 Karuizawa
2006 Tokyo
2008 Naseby
Winter Universiade
2007 Pinerolo

Mari Motohashi (本橋 麻里 Motohashi Mari) (born June 10, 1986 in Tokoro, Kitami, Hokkaido) is a Japanese curler.

Career

Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which represented Japan at two Winter Olympics (2006 and 2010). She threw second stones for Ayumi Onodera at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing 7th, and played second for Moe Meguro at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 8th. She skipped the Japan team at the 2002 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing last. She has also played for Japan at five World Curling Championships: 2004 (7th), 2005 (9th), 2007 (9th), 2008 (4th) & 2010 (11th). Motohashi has won one World Curling Tour event in her career, the 2007 Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic, playing third for Meguro.

After playing for the Meguro rink from 2007 to 2010, Motohashi began skipping her own team in 2011. She has yet to represent Japan internationally as a skip on the senior level.

Personal life

Motohashi graduated from Nippon Sport Science University. Her nickname is 'Marilyn' named after her first name.

Teammates

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2001-02 Mari Motohashi Naoko Yamazaki Megumi Kobayashi Mina Sasaki WJCC
2004-05 Yumie Hayashi Ayumi Onodera Mari Motohashi Sakurako Terada WCC
2005-06 Ayumi Onodera Yumie Hayashi Mari Motohashi Moe Meguro OG
2006 (Sept-Oct)[1] Moe Meguro Mari Motohashi Sakurako Terada Mayo Yamaura
2006-07 Moe Meguro Mari Motohashi Mayo Yamaura Sakurako Terada PCC, WUG, WCC
2007[2] Moe Meguro Mari Motohashi Mayo Yamaura Sakurako Terada
2007-08 Moe Meguro Mari Motohashi Mayo Yamaura Kotomi Ishizaki PCC, WCC
2008-09 Moe Meguro Mari Motohashi Mayo Yamaura Kotomi Ishizaki PCC
2009 (Sept-Oct)[3] Moe Meguro Mari Motohashi Mayo Yamaura Kotomi Ishizaki
2009-10 Moe Meguro Ana Ohmiya Mari Motohashi Kotomi Ishizaki PCC, OG, WCC
2011-12 Mari Motohashi Megumi Mabuchi Yumi Suzuki Akane Eda
2012-13 Mari Motohashi Yurika Yoshida Megumi Mabuchi Yumi Suzuki
2013-14 Mari Motohashi Yurika Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Megumi Mabuchi
2014-15 Mari Motohashi Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida

Grand Slam record

Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
Autumn Gold Q Q Q Q DNP DNP DNP DNP Q
Masters N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNP DNP
Colonial Square N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DNP DNP
Canadian Open N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Players' DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldcurl.com/events.php?task=Event&eventid=1498&view=Team&teamid=25840
  2. ↑ http://www.worldcurl.com/events.php?task=Event&eventid=1595&view=Team&teamid=29681
  3. ↑ http://www.worldcurl.com/player.php?playerid=12911&view=Teams

External links

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