Athlete Profile: Ai Ueda

Ai Ueda

Japan
Born: 1983

Rankings
ITU World Ranking	28
World Triathlon Series Ranking	51
ITU Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	34
Duathlon Ranking	51
Continental Ranking	2

Starts

196

Podiums

46

Wins

27 Biography

After graduating high school in the spring of 2002, she moved from Kyoto to Chiba so as to strengthen her abilities in Triathlon. That same year, she became the Junior Asian Champion. Since 2003, she has been an Elite Triathlete.

In 2005, she was ranked 1st in Japan. She won a silver medal in the 2006 the Asian Games in Doha. The Japanese press took her up as, “Ai the IRON GIRL”, “Ai is strong, but small and cute like a japanese hybrid compact car.” In 2007, she won the gold medal in the Japan Championships.

In the 2008 Asian Triathlon Championship, she dramatically came from behind to win. Her bold and aggressive run won her way to the Olympics. The spectators are always carried away by her performance.

Ai has had a long and successful career with 40 podiums and 23 wins and most recently taking 5th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Leeds.

Recent Highlights

- 5th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Leeds;
- 8th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast;
- 19th place at the 2017 New Plymouth ITU Triathlon World Cup;
- 5th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi; and
- 39th place at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

Latest Athlete Results

25	2019 Weihai ITU Triathlon World Cup 21 Sep, 2019 - Elite Women - 02:22:53
27	2019 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 06 Jul, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:01:33
18	2019 Groupe Copley World Triathlon Montreal 29 Jun, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:01:01
1	2019 Gyeongju ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships 20 Jun, 2019 - Elite Women - 02:00:49
1	2019 Nur-Sultan ITU Triathlon World Cup 15 Jun, 2019 - Elite Women - 01:56:38
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27	2019 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon 2019-07-06 - Elite Women - 01:01:33
18	2019 Groupe Copley World Triathlon Montreal 2019-06-28 - Elite Women - 01:01:01
LAP	2019 AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds 2019-06-08 - Elite Women - LAP
LAP	2019 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama 2019-05-18 - Elite Women - LAP
LAP	2019 MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda 2019-04-27 - Elite Women - LAP
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39	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016-08-18 - Elite Women - 02:03:37
1	2014 Incheon Asian Games 2014-09-25 - Elite Women - 02:01:47
39	2012 London Olympic Games 2012-08-04 - Elite Women - 02:06:35
17	2008 Beijing Olympic Games 2008-08-18 - Elite Women - 02:02:19
2	2006 Doha Asian Games 2006-12-08 - Elite Women - 02:04:04
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Ai Ueda strides to another brilliant World Cup gold in Nur-Sultan

15 Jun, 2019
Alex Yee and Ai Ueda stride to Cape Town golds

10 Feb, 2019
Miyazaki set to host 2018 World Cup season closer this weekend

05 Nov, 2018
Women bring the heat to start the 2017 WTS in Abu Dhabi
The World Triathlon Series, triathlon’s premier competition event is once again upon us as the sport’s top elite athletes are scheduled to line up this weekend for the 2017 ITU World…
28 Feb, 2017
2016 Photo Competition Winners
After weeks and weeks of voting, it is finally time to reveal the winning photograph from the 2016 Photo Competition!
03 Feb, 2017

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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Ai
Family Name	Ueda
Representing	JPN
Year of Birth	1983
Place of Birth	Kyoto, Japan
Residence	Chiba, Japan
Coach	Hideki Yamane
Sponsors	Perie, Green Tower, Bridgestone, Grand Bleu,JAL, SWAT, New Balance, Folk, Suunto, Kitachiba Sports Spine Clinic, Inage Inter, Shaklee, Shimano, Smith, Sports Assist, Sidas
Hobbies	Painting
Website	http://www.aiueda.com/
Twitter	@@aiueda_tri