Momoka Horikawa
Japan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSJPN21007200301 | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 10 Jul 2003
in  Taiki | |
| Gender | Women |
| Occupation | Athlete, Office Worker | |
| Languages | Japanese |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 41.72 | 07 Dec 2019 | Obihiro |
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| 1000m | 1:19.45 | 12 Feb 2021 | Nagano |
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| 1500m | 1:57.89 | 12 Dec 2021 |  Calgary |
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| 3000m | 4:04.66 | 29 Dec 2022 | Hachinohe |
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| 5000m | 7:01.52 | 30 Dec 2022 | Hachinohe |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
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World Junior Championships
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| 3000m | 1 | |||||
| Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||||
Social Media
Social Media
| instagram.com/h____ka07/ |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Fujikyu : Japan | |
| Name of coach | Terumasa Osada [club], JPN; Joji Kato [national], JPN; Keiichiro Nagashima [national], JPN | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up the sport at age four. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Famous relatives | Her older brothers Daichi and Tsubasa have competed in speed skating at international level. Tsubasa claimed gold in the mass start at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, while Daichi won silver in the 1500m at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Her aunt Yuri Horikawa was a speed skater at club level in Japan. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Nov 2022; nikkansports.com, 06 Mar 2022; sankei.com, 15 Feb 2022; senshu-u.ac.jp, 07 Jan 2022; joc.or.jp, 12 Feb 2016) | |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (hochi.news, 22 Mar 2022) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2022 | Olympic Games | 5000m | 10 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2022/2023 | World Cup Calgary, AB | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Stavanger | Team Pursuit | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | Mass Start | 21 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | 3000/5000m | 26 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | 1500m | 35 | |||