{{short description|Japanese goalball player}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Akane Nakashima | image = Nakashima_Akane_Women's_goalball_awards_2012_Paralympics_(cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Nakashima after winning the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|17}} | birth_place = Nakatsugawa, Gifu,<ref name=asahi>{{cite web |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASMDK3TZNMDKOIPE00N.html |last=Matsunaga |first=Yoshinobu |title=愛知）パラ競技「ゴールボール」の魅力知って 瀬戸 |language=ja |website=Asahi Shimbun |date=31 December 2019 |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref> Japan | height = 159 cm<ref name=ipc>{{cite web |url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=542&personid=1036982 |title=Nakashiima Akane |website=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=28 January 2020}}{{dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref> | weight = 55 kg<ref name=ipc/> | education = Nihon Fukushi University<ref name=ipc/> | sport = Women's goalball | disability_class= B3<ref name=start/> | headercolor = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{JPN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2012 London|Team}} {{Medal|Competition|Asian Para Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2010 Guangzhou|Team}} }}
{{Nihongo|'''Akane Nakashima'''|中嶋 茜|Nakashima Akane|born 17 August 1990<ref name=start>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910192840/http://www.london2012.com/externalparamodules/GB/pdf/GBW400101_C51.pdf |url=http://www.london2012.com/externalparamodules/GB/pdf/GBW400101_C51.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2012 |title=Goalball Women Gold Medal Match Start List |website=2012 Summer Paralympics |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>}} is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/Akane-Nakashima |title=Akane Nakashima |website=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=22 January 2020}}</ref>
Her visual impairment is congenital. She started playing goalball during the first year of junior high school.<ref name=asahi/>
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