{{short description|Japanese Paralympic swimmer}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | Swimming}} {{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 2000 Sydney | 4x400 metre relay - 20 points}} {{MedalGold| 2004 Athens | 4x400 metre relay - 20 points}} {{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens | 4 x 50 metre medley relay - 20 points}} {{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens | 50 metre freestyle - S6}} {{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens | 100 metre freestyle - S6}} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Para Games}} {{MedalGold | 2018 Jakarta | Mixed 4×50 m freestyle relay-20Points}} {{MedalBottom}}
{{Nihongo|'''Erika Nara'''|{{linktext|奈良}} {{linktext|恵里加}}|Nara Erika}} is a Paralympic swimmer from Japan, competing mainly in category S6 events.
Nara was part of the Japanese team that broke the world record in the 4 x 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, At the same games she also finished fourth in the 100 m freestyle, sixth in the 400 m freestyle and finished fifth in her heat of the 50 m butterfly. She was also at the Paralympics in 2004, where she was again part of the Japanese 4 x 50 m freestyle team that broke the world record and finished third as part of the Japanese squad in the 4 x 50 m medley. She won bronze medals in both the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle and finished last in the 50m butterfly. In 2008 she finished sixth in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle and eighth in the 400 m freestyle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/erika-nara |title=Erika Nara |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IPC athlete|erika-nara}}
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