Shione Kaminaga

Japan

Sport	Short Track
FederationID	STJPN22609199901
NOC	Japan
Born	26 Sep 1999 in Nagano
Gender	Women

Residence	Nagano, JPN
Occupation	Athlete
Languages	Japanese

Personal Bests	Event	Record	Date	Location
Personal Bests
	Event	Record	Date	Location
	500m	43.000	01 Nov 2019	Salt Lake City, UT
	1000m	1:29.179	08 Feb 2020	Dresden
	1500m	2:20.953	07 Oct 2017	Dordrecht

Main Achievements
Main Achievements
World Junior Championships	Event
World Junior Championships
	3000m Relay	1	2

Social Media

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006897046557
twitter.com/shione_skate

Sport Specific Information

Club / Team	All Nippon Airways [ANA]: Japan
Name of coach	Keiichiro Nagashima [national], JPN; Kiyotaka Tomono, JPN
When and where did you begin this sport?	She began competing in short track at age eight in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Reason for choosing this sport	She was encouraged to try the sport by her father, who worked at a hotel adjacent to an ice rink.

General Interest

Ambitions	To compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (Twitter profile, 18 Feb 2018)
Injuries	She cut a muscle in her right thigh while competing at the 2019 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019) In 2014 she broke her nose during an athletics training session. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018)
Most influential person in career	Korean short track skater Choi Min-Jeong. (Athlete, 05 Nov 2018)
Hobbies	Golf. (Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2021; Twitter profile, 15 Jan 2021)
Sporting philosophy / motto	"Believe in your way and your talent." (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
Hero / Idol	Canadian short track skater Kim Boutin. (Athlete, 07 Feb 2020)
Awards and honours	In 2018 she became the first athlete to receive the Sports Achievement Award of Nanmoku in Japan. (mainichi.jp, 31 Mar 2018)

Championships results	Year	Competition	Event	Rank
Championships results
	2017/2018	World Junior Championships	3000m Relay	2
	2016/2017	World Junior Championships	3000m Relay	3
	2014/2015	World Junior Championships	3000m Relay	3
	2017/2018	World Championships	3000m Relay	5
	2015/2016	World Junior Championships	3000m Relay	6
	2018	Olympic Games	3000m Relay	6
	2018/2019	World Junior Championships	3000m Relay	9
	2017/2018	World Junior Championships	Overall	9
	2015/2016	World Junior Championships	Overall	16
	2016/2017	World Junior Championships	Overall	17
	2018/2019	World Junior Championships	1500m	18
	2018/2019	World Junior Championships	1000m	24
	2018/2019	World Junior Championships	500m	24
	2018	Olympic Games	1500m	30

World Cups	Year	Competition	Event	Rank
World Cups
	2016/2017	Minsk	1000m	2
	2018/2019	Salt Lake City, UT	3000m Relay	3
	2019/2020	Dresden	3000m Relay	3
	2019/2020	World Cup Dordrecht	2000m Relay	3
	2018/2019	Almaty	2000m Relay	4
	2019/2020	Shanghai	2000m Relay	5
	2019/2020	Shanghai	3000m Relay	5
	2018/2019	Calgary, AB	3000m Relay	6
	2019/2020	Dresden	2000m Relay	6
	2019/2020	Salt Lake City, UT	3000m Relay	7
	2016/2017	Shanghai	3000m Relay	8
	2016/2017	Gangneung	3000m Relay	8
	2018/2019	Calgary, AB	2000m Relay	10
	2018/2019	Dresden	2000m Relay	10
	2016/2017	Salt Lake City, UT	1500m	11
	2016/2017	Gangneung	500m	12
	2016/2017	World Cup	1000m	14
	2019/2020	Dresden	1000m	14
	2019/2020	Salt Lake City, UT	500m	16
	2019/2020	Salt Lake City, UT	1500m	16
	2019/2020	Shanghai	1500m	17
	2018/2019	Salt Lake City, UT	1000m	18
	2019/2020	Shanghai	500m	20
	2016/2017	Calgary, AB	1500m	22
	2018/2019	Almaty	500m	22
	2018/2019	Dresden	1000m	22
	2018/2019	Dresden	1000m	23
	2016/2017	Shanghai	1500m	24
	2016/2017	Dresden	1000m	25
	2017/2018	Shanghai	500m	25
	2016/2017	Calgary, AB	500m	26
	2018/2019	Calgary, AB	1500m	26
	2017/2018	World Cup	1500m	27
	2018/2019	Salt Lake City, UT	500m	27
	2016/2017	Salt Lake City, UT	1500m	27
	2016/2017	Dresden	1500m	28
	2016/2017	Gangneung	1500m	28
	2016/2017	Minsk	500m	30
	2018/2019	Calgary, AB	1000m	30
	2018/2019	Almaty	1500m	31
	2017/2018	Shanghai	1500m	31
	2016/2017	Shanghai	500m	33
	2019/2020	Dresden	500m	33
	2019/2020	World Cup	500m	35
	2016/2017	World Cup	500m	37
	2017/2018	World Cup	500m	38
	2017/2018	World Cup	1000m	39
	2016/2017	World Cup	1500m	42
	2019/2020	World Cup	1500m	43
	2019/2020	World Cup	1000m	45
	2015/2016	World Cup	500m	51
	2018/2019	World Cup	1000m	56
	2018/2019	World Cup	500m	58
	2015/2016	World Cup	1500m	60
	2018/2019	World Cup	1500m	71
	2015/2016	World Cup	1000m	97