| Erika Akiyama | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Erika Akiyama at Paris-Bercy in 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 31, 1964 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international | |||||||||||||||||
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Erika Akiyama (Japanese: 秋山 エリカ, born December 31, 1964, Fukuoka) is a retired Japanese rhythmic gymnast, a gymnastics coach.
She competed for Japan in the individual rhythmic gymnastics all-around competition at two Olympic Games: in 1984 in Los Angeles in 1988 in Seoul. In 1984 she was 13th in the qualification and advanced to the final, placing 13th overall, in 1988 she tied for 17th place in the qualification and again advanced to the final, placing 15th overall.[1]
