Athlete Profile: Yuko Takahashi

Yuko Takahashi

Japan
Born: 1991

Rankings
World Ranking	16
World Triathlon Championship Series Ranking	17
World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking	20
Continental Ranking	1

Starts

131

Podiums

19

Wins

10 Biography

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.

In 2017, Yuko Takahashi moved to San Diego to join an elite multinational triathlon team and In 2019 Yuko came up with her best result ever in the World Triathlon Series circuit, finishing finished fourth in the elite women’s competition in Yokohama.

Career Highlights:
- 5th place at the 2019 Miyazaki ITU Triathlon World Cup
- 1st place at the 2019 JPN Triathlon National Championships
- 11th place at the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton
- 7th place at the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama
- Winner 2018 Asian Games Individual and Mixed Relay
- 5th place at the 2018 World Triathlon Bermuda

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
17	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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24 Oct, 2019
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24 Sep, 2017
Japan sweeps women's podium in Ishigaki
Although wet conditions plagued the women’s race on Sunday, that didn’t stop a strong Japanese team from sweeping the podium in front of a home crowd.
14 Apr, 2013
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01 Feb, 2010

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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, SPURT, Oakley, 2XU
Website	http://www.takahashiyuko.com
Twitter	@yuko.takahashi8
Facebook	Athlete Facebook
Instagram	@yuko_takahashi8