Ai Murakami

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Ai Murakami
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Women's field hockey
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Asian Games
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Asian Champions Trophy
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Ai Murakami (born 18 March 1985) is a Japanese field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Japan women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament. [1]

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References

  1. "Profile". Archived from the original on 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2012-08-15.