Miho Takagi (speed skater)

Miho Takagi

Takagi at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships
Personal information
Born 22 May 1994
Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Sport
Country Japan
Sport Speed skating

Miho Takagi (高木 美帆 Takagi Miho, born 22 May 1994) is a Japanese speed skater.

At the age of 15 Takagi represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 35th in the women's 1000 metres and 23rd in the 1500 metres. In both 2012 and 2013 she won the World Junior Speed Skating Championships.

After participating in several world cup and world championship events, she became a world champion, when in the 2015 World Single Distance Championships she won the gold medal in the team pursuit where she participated together with her sister Nana Takagi and compatriot Ayaka Kikuchi.

Personal records

DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m38.7528 January 2012Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m1:15.4021 January 2012Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m1:56.1619 February 2011Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m4:07.1815 November 2013Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
5000 m7:17.638 January 2012Alau Ice Palace, Astana

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