Miho Takagi (speed skater)

Miho Takagi

Takagi at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships
Personal information
Born (1994-05-22) 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 m38.6128 November 2015Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell
1000 m1:14.7522 November 2015Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m1:54.5615 November 2015Olympic Oval, Calgary
3000 m4:05.3413 November 2015Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m7:04.6320 November 2015Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake city

References

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