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 | 39.85 | 09 Mar 2024 |  Inzell |
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| 1000m | 1:19.45 | 12 Feb 2021 | Nagano |
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| 1500m | 1:55.42 | 27 Jan 2024 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 3000m | 4:01.89 | 09 Mar 2024 | Inzell |
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| 5000m | 6:58.78 | 05 Mar 2023 |  Heerenveen |
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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 | 1 | ||||
| Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | |||||
| World Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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World Single Distances Championships
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| Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | 1 | ||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Fujikyu : Japan |
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) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Terumasa Osada [club], JPN | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up the sport at age four. |
Social Media
Social Media
| instagram.com/h____ka07/ |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Spending time with cats. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 26 Nov 2023) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2024/2025 | Four Continents Championships | 3000m | 1 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2023/2024 | Four Continents Championships | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit | 3 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 5000m | 6 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 3000m | 8 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 5000m | 9 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 3000m | 9 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 5000m | 10 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 12 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2023/2024 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Pursuit | 1 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Mass Start | 1 | |||
| 2023/2024 | Obihiro | 3000m | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Calgary, AB | Team Pursuit | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Stavanger | Team Pursuit | 3 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 10 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start | 11 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 15 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 20 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start | 21 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start | 22 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 3000/5000m | 26 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 28 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 35 | |||