# Erika Nara

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{{short description|Japanese Paralympic swimmer}}
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{{MedalSport | [Swimming](/source/Swimming_(sport))}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[Paralympic Games](/source/Paralympic_Games)}}
{{MedalGold| [2000 Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Paralympics) | [4x400 metre relay - 20 points](/source/Swimming_at_the_2000_Summer_Paralympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4x400_metre_relay_20_points)}}
{{MedalGold| [2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Paralympics) | [4x400 metre relay - 20 points](/source/Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4x400_metre_relay_20_points)}}
{{MedalBronze| [2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Paralympics) | [4 x 50 metre medley relay - 20 points](/source/Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_x_50_metre_medley_relay_20_points)}}
{{MedalBronze| [2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Paralympics) | [50 metre freestyle - S6](/source/Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_50_metre_freestyle_S6)}}
{{MedalBronze| [2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Paralympics) | [100 metre freestyle - S6](/source/Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metre_freestyle_S6)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Asian Para Games](/source/Asian_Para_Games)}}
{{MedalGold | [2018 Jakarta](/source/2018_Asian_Para_Games) | [Mixed 
4×50 m freestyle relay-20Points](/source/Swimming_at_the_2018_Asian_Para_Games)}}
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{{Nihongo|'''Erika Nara'''|{{linktext|奈良}} {{linktext|恵里加}}|Nara Erika}} is a [Paralympic](/source/Paralympic) [swimmer](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2004_Summer_Paralympics), 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](/source/2008_Summer_Paralympics) 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](/source/International_Paralympic_Committee) |access-date=}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{IPC athlete|erika-nara}}

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Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen
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