Mari Motohashi
Curler
Motohashi in 2010
Born	(1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (age 39) Kitami, Japan
Team
Curling club	Loco Solare CC, Kitami, Japan
Skip	Honoka Sasaki
Third	Mari Motohashi
Second	Miki Hayashi
Lead	Mayumi Saito
Alternate	Yako Matsuzawa
Curling career
Member Association	Japan
World Championship appearances	6 (2004,2005,2007,2008,2010,2016)
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances	8 (2003,2004,2006,2007,2008,2009,2016,2017)
Olympic appearances	3 (2006,2010,2018)
Medal record Women'sCurling Representing Japan Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team World Championships 2016 Swift Current Pacific-Asia Championships 2003 Aomori 2004 Chuncheon 2007 Beijing 2009 Karuizawa 2017 Erina 2006 Tokyo 2008 Naseby 2016 Uiseong Winter Universiade 2007 Pinerolo Asian Winter Games 2017 Sapporo

Mari Motohashi (本橋 麻里,Motohashi Mari; born 10 June 1986) is a Japanesecurler. She currently playsthird on Team Honoka Sasaki.

Motohashi was a member ofTeam Aomori which represented Japan at twoWinter Olympics (2006 and 2010). She threw second stones forAyumi Onodera at the2006 Winter Olympics, finishing 7th, and played second forMoe Meguro at the2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 8th. She skipped the Japan team at the2002 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing last. She has also played for Japan at fiveWorld Curling Championships: 2004 (7th), 2005 (9th), 2007 (9th), 2008 (4th) & 2010 (11th).

After playing for the Meguro rink from 2007 to 2010, Motohashi began skipping her own team. She has yet to represent Japan internationally as a skip on the senior level.

On theWorld Curling Tour, Motohashi won the 2007Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic and the 2009Twin Anchors Invitational while playing for Meguro, and later skipped her own rink to win the 2014Avonair Cash Spiel.

Founded own rink "Loco Solare", a.k.a. "LS Kitami" in her hometown Tokoro, Kitami in Aug. 2010.The team members are all local members but achieved international success as the 2nd place in the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current.

Motohashi was part of the Japanese team that won the 2018 Olympicswomen curling bronze medal.^[1]

In June 2018, Motohashi announced that she would rest for a while from a top curling player and concentrate on training young players.^[2]

In 2021, she took over the Miki Hayashi rink as their skip.^[3]

Motohashi graduated fromNippon Sport Science University. Her nickname is 'Marilyn' named after her given name.Holding Teacher's License for Junior High School - Grade 2 in Japan (health and physical training).She was awarded as an honorary citizen of Kitami City.

• Mari Motohashi atWorld Curling
• Mari Motohashi atOlympics.com
• Mari Motohashi atOlympedia
• Curling | Athlete Profile: Mari MOTOHASHI - Pyeongchang 2018Archived 20 April 2018 at theWayback Machine
• MariLogArchived 14 March 2018 at theWayback Machine: Official blog by Mari Motohashi (in Japanese)
• Loco Solare, a.k.a. LS Kitami: Official site (in Japanese)

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