Rui Machida

Rui Machida
No. 10 – Fujitsu Red Wave
PositionPoint guard
LeagueWomen's Japan Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1993-03-08) 8 March 1993 (age 31)
Hokkaido, Japan
Listed height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Listed weight126 lb (57 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–presentFujitsu Red Wave
2022–2023Washington Mystics
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIBA Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Wuhan Japan
Gold medal – first place 2017 India
Gold medal – first place 2019 India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team

Rui Machida (町田瑠唯; born 8 March 1993) is a Japanese basketball player who plays for the 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]

  1. ^ "Rui Machida". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Rui MACHIDA". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Rui MACHIDA at the Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. ^ "Basketball MACHIDA Rui". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  5. ^ 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.

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