Natsumi Hoshi

{{Short description|Japanese swimmer (born 1990)}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Natsumi Hoshi

| image = Natsumi Hoshi (JAP).jpg

| image_size = 220

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| caption = Hoshi in 2012

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| national_team = {{JPN}}

| strokes = Butterfly

| club = Mizuno[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=hoshi-natsumi-1142175/index.html Natsumi Hoshi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013231511/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=hoshi-natsumi-1142175/index.html |date=2016-10-13 }}. nbcolympics.com

| coach = Yoshikatsu Harada
Norimasa Hirai (national)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|8|21|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Saitama, Japan{{cite web |title=Natsumi Hoshi |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/hoshi-natsumi-1029113/ |work=London 2012 |publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited |accessdate=19 September 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426221931/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/hoshi-natsumi-1029113/ |archivedate=2013-04-26}}

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| height = {{convert|1.64|m|ftin|abbr=on}}[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/natsumi-hoshi Natsumi Hoshi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013222725/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/natsumi-hoshi |date=2016-10-13 }}. rio2016.com

| weight = {{convert|54|kg|lb|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics |url=http://www.joc.or.jp/english/londonolympics/medalists.html |work=joc.or.jp |publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee | accessdate=17 January 2014}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 2012 London | 200 m butterfly }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 200 m butterfly }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC) }}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Kazan | 200 m butterfly }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Gold Coast | 200 m butterfly }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold |2014 Incheon |4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Guangzhou | 200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Incheon | 200 m butterfly}}

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{{Nihongo|Natsumi Hoshi|星 奈津美|Hoshi Natsumi|born August 21, 1990}} is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the 200-meter butterfly. In this event she won the world title in 2015 and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

Hoshi studied sports science at Waseda University in Tokyo, and enjoys shopping in her spare time. In 2006, she showed symptoms of Graves' disease, a condition that results in an overactive thyroid and frequent fatigue. Her thyroid gland was removed in November 2014, and in January 2015 she returned to competitions. Earlier in 2011 she was named Best Athlete of the Year by the Saitama Swimming Federation.