Athlete Profile: Yuko Takahashi

Yuko Takahashi

Japan
Born: 1991

Rankings
ITU World Ranking	20
World Triathlon Series Ranking	17
ITU Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	17
Continental Ranking	1

Starts

130

Podiums

19

Wins

10 Biography

Introduced to triathlon by their Father, Yuko Takahashi won the Japan University Championships over four consecutive years while studying at Hosei University. With those results, she was selected as a member of Japan’s National Student Team and placed 7th at the Brasilia FISU World University Triathlon Championships in 2014.

Yuko is one of Japan’s most promising athletes having competed on the World Triathlon Series since 2012 where she was ranked 14th overall. At the 2015 Rio de Janeiro ITU World Olympic Qualification Event she was the top-placed Japanese athlete and most recently has gone on to win gold at the 2018 Asian Games in both the individual and Mixed Relay.

Recent Highlights:
- Winner 2018 Asian Games Individual and Mixed Relay
- 5th place 2018 World Triathlon Bermuda
- Winner 2017 Palembang ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships
- 5th place 2017 ITU World Triathlon Stockholm
- 8th place 2017 ITU World Triathlon Montréal

Latest Athlete Results

31	2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 31 Aug, 2019 - Elite Women - 02:10:27
11	2019 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo 18 Aug, 2019 - Mixed Relay - 00:22:38
23	2019 Tokyo ITU World Triathlon Olympic Qualification Event 15 Aug, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:43:44
LAP	2019 ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Edmonton 21 Jul, 2019 - Mixed Relay - 00:21:48
11	2019 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 20 Jul, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:02:14
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31	2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 2019-08-29 - Elite Women - 02:10:27
11	2019 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton 2019-07-20 - Elite Women - 01:02:14
15	2019 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 2019-07-06 - Elite Women - 01:00:32
17	2019 AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds 2019-06-08 - Elite Women - 01:59:57
4	2019 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama 2019-05-18 - Elite Women - 01:53:38
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1	2018 Palembang Asian Games 2018-08-31 - Elite Women - 01:59:29
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24 Sep, 2017
Japan sweeps women's podium in Ishigaki
Although wet conditions plagued the women’s race on Sunday, that didn’t stop a strong Japanese team from sweeping the podium in front of a home crowd.
14 Apr, 2013
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The core works as a stablisier in riding, as in swimming a strong core will help you maintain a more efficient pedal stroke.
01 Feb, 2010

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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Yuko
Family Name	Takahashi
Representing	JPN
Year of Birth	1991
Place of Birth	Japan
Residence	Mitaka-shi, Japan
Coach	Paulo Sousa
Sponsors	Fujitsu, SUBARU, Shidax, Zen-noh
Website	http://www.takahashiyuko.com
Twitter	@yuko.takahashi8
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