Moeko Nagaoka

{{short description|Japanese basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Moeko Nagaoka

| image = Moeko Nagaoka (cropped).jpg

| caption = Nagaoka in 2019

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|12|29}}

| birth_place = Urakawa, Hokkaido, Japan

| position = Small forward

| nationality = Japanese

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 165

| league = JBL

| team = Toyota Antelopes

| number = 2

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2015

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|JPN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Pune|Japan U17}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Rimini|Japan 3x3 U18}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Asia Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2017 India|}}

{{MedalGold|2019 India|}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Moeko Nagaoka|長岡 萌映子|Nagaoka Moeko|born 29 December 1993}} is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics,{{cite web |url=https://www.fiba.com/olympicswomen/2016/player/Moeko-Nagaoka |title=Moeko NAGAOKA (JPN)'s profile - 2016 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women |website=FIBA.com |publisher=FIBA |accessdate=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817191129/https://www.fiba.com/olympicswomen/2016/Moeko-NAGAOKA |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 August 2016}} and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.{{Cite web |title=Basketball: NAGAOKA Moeko |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/basketball/athlete-profile-n1313623-nagaoka-moeko.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=13 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-date=13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813202751/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/basketball/athlete-profile-n1313623-nagaoka-moeko.htm}}

Career

She competed at the 2020 FIBA Women's Asian Cup, 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup, and 2017 FIBA Women's Asian Cup.{{Cite web |title=NAGAOKA Moeko | Tokyo 2020 Global Team Toyota Athletes | Sports |url=https://toyotatimes.jp/sports/teams_athletes/ |access-date=13 August 2021 |website=ToyotaTimes.jp |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811210024/https://toyotatimes.jp/sports/teams_athletes/ |archive-date=11 August 2021}}

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