Yuko Takahashi

  • Japan
  • Born: 1991
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Rankings
ITU World Ranking 19
World Triathlon Series Ranking 17
ITU Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking 17
Continental Ranking 1
Starts
131
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

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Latest Athlete Results
5
2019 Miyazaki ITU Triathlon World Cup
26 Oct, 2019 - Elite Women - 02:00:20
1
2019 JPN Triathlon National Championships
06 Oct, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:59:12
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
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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
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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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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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