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Junko Tabei was a Japanese mountain climber who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975, breaking through a major barrier in mountaineering at a time when the sport was dominated by men. Her achievement demonstrated that women could perform at the highest levels of extreme athletics and helped inspire greater female participation in mountaineering and outdoor adventure sports worldwide.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Junko
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Miharu
- Place of death
- Kawagoe
- Occupation
- mountaineer
- Educated at
- Showa Women's University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Snow Leopard
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Official website
- www.junko-tabei.jp
- Image
- Junko Tabei.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1939-09-22
- name in kana
- たべい じゅんこ
- name in native language
- 田部井 淳子
- date of death
- 2016-10-20
- Commons category
- Junko Tabei
- manner of death
- natural causes
- sports discipline competed in
- high-altitude mountaineering
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
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