Rui Machida
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| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Women's National Basketball Association | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 March 1993 Hokkaido, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 126 lb (57 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WNBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2011–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011–present | Fujitsu Red Wave | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rui Machida (町田瑠唯; born 8 March 1993) is a Japanese basketball player who plays for the Washington Mystics of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Fujitsu Red Wave of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL). She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics[1][2] and at the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.[3][4]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she set an Olympic record with 18 assists in Japan's 87–71 semifinals win against France.[5]
Career
She participated at the 2015 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, 2017 Women’s Asia Cup, and 2019 Women’s Asia Cup.[6]
References
- ^ "Rui Machida". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Rui MACHIDA". FIBA. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Rui MACHIDA at the Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ^ "Basketball MACHIDA Rui - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ^ Japan's miracle run ends in final as U.S. wins women's basketball gold JASON COSKREY (The Japan Times), 8 August 2021. Accessed 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Rui Machida: From third-string point guard to Olympic record-breaker". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
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- Rui Machida at FIBA
- Rui Machida at the International Olympic Committee
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