Sport | Speed Skating | |
FederationID | SSJPN20904199501 | |
NOC | Japan | |
Born | 09 Apr 1995 in Tokyo | |
Gender | Women |
Languages | Japanese | |
Residence | Suwa, JPN |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 36.99 | 10 Mar 2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
1000m | 1:18.30 | 16 Feb 2019 | Inzell | |||
1500m | 2:14.32 | 13 Jan 2018 | Morioka | |||
3000m | 5:15.46 | 14 Jan 2018 | Morioka |
Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
World Single Distances Championships
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500m | 1 |
Hobbies | Cooking. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023) |
Reason for choosing this sport | She was influenced by her older sisters. |
Awards and honours | In 2015 she was given the Best Athlete Award by the Morioka City Amateur Athletic Association in Japan. (morioka-taikyo.or.jp, 06 Dec 2015) |
Name of coach | Tucker Fredricks, USA | |
When and where did you begin this sport? | She began skating at age three in Suwa, Japan, and took up the sport seriously in grade four of primary school. |
www.facebook.com/konami.soga |
Sporting philosophy / motto | "Stay positive." (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023) | |
Injuries | She sustained an injury to her right ankle in 2017. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) She has had a hernia in her back. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) |
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Hero / Idol | His father. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
Ambitions | To win a gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023) | |
Memorable sporting achievement | Winning bronze in the 500m at the 2019 World Single Distances Championships in Inzell, Germany. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023) |
Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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2022/2023 | Four Continents Championships | 500m | 2 | |||
2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 3 |
World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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2023/2024 | Obihiro | Team Pursuit | 1 | |||
2018/2019 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
2018/2019 | Obihiro | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
2019/2020 | Nagano | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
2019/2020 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
2019/2020 | Minsk | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 8 | |||
2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 14 | |||
2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 18 | |||
2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 24 |