Maki Tabata

Maki Tabata

Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
Silver 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit
World Championships
Silver 2001 Salt Lake City 1500 m
Silver 2003 Berlin 1500 m
Bronze 2000 Milwaukee Allround
Bronze 2000 Nagano 3000 m
Bronze 2001 Salt Lake City 5000 m
Bronze 2005 Inzell Team pursuit
Bronze 2009 Vancouver Team pursuit
Asian Games
Gold 2003 Aomori 1500 m
Gold 2003 Aomori 3000 m
Bronze 2007 Changchun 3000 m
Asian Championships
Gold 1999 Nagano Allround
Gold 2000 Ulan Bator Allround
Gold 2001 Harbin Allround
Gold 2003 Harbin Allround
Gold 2004 Chuncheon Allround
Gold 2008 Shenyang Allround
Silver 2005 Ikaho Allround
Silver 2007 Changchun Allround
Silver 2009 Tomakomai Allround
Bronze 2010 Obihiro Allround
Women's cycling
Asian Championships
Gold 2012 Kuala Lumpur Individual pursuit
Silver 2012 Kuala Lumpur Team pursuit
Bronze 2012 Kuala Lumpur Points race
Bronze 2012 Kuala Lumpur Scratch

Maki Tabata (Japanese: 田畑真紀, born 9 November 1974 in Mukawa, Hokkaido, Japan) is a speed skater and cycle racer.

Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year (2001), she won silver on the 1500 m and bronze on the 5000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. In 2003, she won another World Single Distance silver on the 1500 m.

In addition, Tabata has won numerous titles and medals at the Asian Championships that are used to qualify for the World Allround Championships, at the Asian Single Distance Championships, and at Japanese Championships (both in Allround and Single Distance). She also has a few World Cup victories, both in individual events and in the team pursuit.

World records

Over the course of her career, Tabata skated one world record:

DistanceResultDateLocation
Mini combination162.73116 August 1998Calgary

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (WR) lists the official world records on the dates that Tabata skated her personal records.

DistanceResultDateLocationWR
500 m39.1815 March 2001Olympic Oval, Calgary37.29
1000 m1:16.008 December 2001Olympic Oval, Calgary1:14.06
1500 m1:54.5512 December 2009Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City1:53.22
3000 m4:01.0127 January 2002Olympic Oval, Calgary3:59.26
5000 m7:00.0919 March 2006Olympic Oval, Calgary6:55.34

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