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At the [[Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018 Winter Olympics]], Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and the silver medal in the women's 1000 m event respectively. In the former, she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37-second barrier at sea level, as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating.<ref name=harris>{{citation |last=Harris |first=Beth |title=Japan's Nao Kodaira wins 500-meter speedskating gold over South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=18 February 2018 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-spt-winter-olympics-500-meter-womens-speedskating-20180218-story.html}}</ref> |
At the [[Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018 Winter Olympics]], Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and the silver medal in the women's 1000 m event respectively. In the former, she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37-second barrier at sea level, as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating.<ref name=harris>{{citation |last=Harris |first=Beth |title=Japan's Nao Kodaira wins 500-meter speedskating gold over South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=18 February 2018 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-spt-winter-olympics-500-meter-womens-speedskating-20180218-story.html}}</ref> In April 2022, Kodaira announced that she will retire from speed skating in October after a final race at the national single distances championship to be held in her hometown Nagano. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Reuters |date=2022-04-12 |title=Japan's Olympic champion Kodaira to retire |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/japans-olympic-champion-kodaira-retire-2022-04-12/ |access-date=2022-04-12}}</ref> |
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==Records== |
==Records== |
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Native name | 小平 奈緒 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chino, Nagano, Japan | 26 May 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nao Kodaira (Template:Lang-ja; born 26 May 1986) is a Japanese former long track speed skater who specialised in the sprint distances.
She is the 2018 Olympic champion in the 500 m distance. Kodaira is the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating.
In 2009, she graduated from Shinshu University with a bachelor's degree in education.
Career
At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won a silver medal in the team pursuit event. She placed 5th in the 1000 and the 1500 m events and 12th in the 500 m one at the Olympics. At the 2014–15 World Cup stop in Seoul, South Korea, on 21 November 2014, she won the 500 m event, and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the World Cup. At the 2015 World Single Distance Championships, she won the bronze medal in the 500 m event.
At the 2017 World Single Distance Championships, she became the first Japanese woman to win an individual single distance world title winning the women's 500 m event.[1] She won also silver medal in the 1000 m event at the Championships. At the 2017 World Sprint Championships, she won the women's competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU World Cup 500 m cup.
Kodaira took the top step also in every single ISU World Cup one in the 2017–18 season ahead of the Olympics.[2]
She is the current world record holder in the 2×500 metres and the sprint combination,[3] and the former world record holder in the 1000 metres[4] and the team sprint, as well as the current Olympic and Japanese record holder in the 500 metres.[5][6]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and the silver medal in the women's 1000 m event respectively. In the former, she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37-second barrier at sea level, as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating.[7] In April 2022, Kodaira announced that she will retire from speed skating in October after a final race at the national single distances championship to be held in her hometown Nagano. [8]
Records
Personal records
Personal records[9] | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 m | 36.39 | 16 March 2019 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current Japanese record.[6] |
500 m (sea level) | 36.94 | 18 February 2018 | Gangneung Oval, Gangneung | Current sea-level world best, current Olympic record.[5] |
2×500 m | 73.55 | 26 February 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current world record.[10] |
1000 m | 1:11.77 | 9 March 2019 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
1500 m | 1:52.67 | 5 December 2021 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
Team sprint | 1:26.62 | 22 November 2015 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
Sprint comb. | 146.390 | 25–26 February 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current world record.[3] |
World records
World records[11] | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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1000 m | 1:12.09 | 10 December 2017 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | World record until beaten by Brittany Bowe on 9 March 2019.[4] |
Sprint comb. | 146.390 | 25–26 February 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current world record.[3] |
Olympic records
Olympic records | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 m | 36.94 | 18 February 2018 | Gangneung Oval, Gangneung | Current Olympic record.[5] |
References
- ^ "Kodaira captures women's 500-meter title at world championships". Japan Times. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "ISU RESULTS". isuresults.eu. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Evolution of the world record Sprint combination Women". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Olympic Records". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ a b "National Records – Japan (JPN)". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Harris, Beth (18 February 2018), "Japan's Nao Kodaira wins 500-meter speedskating gold over South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa", Chicago Tribune
- ^ Reuters (12 April 2022). "Japan's Olympic champion Kodaira to retire". Reuters. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Nao Kodaira". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Speed Skating – Records – Historical World Record 2 x 500m – Ladies". ISU. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Nao Kodaira". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
External links
- Nao Kodaira at the International Skating Union
- Nao Kodaira in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Nao Kodaira at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Nao Kodaira at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Nao Kodaira at Olympics.com
- Nao Kodaira at Olympedia
- 1986 births
- Japanese female speed skaters
- Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic speed skaters of Japan
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Speed skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
- Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Asian Games medalists in speed skating
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture
- Universiade medalists in speed skating
- Living people
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
- World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Universiade gold medalists for Japan
- Universiade silver medalists for Japan
- Universiade bronze medalists for Japan
- Speed skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade
- Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade