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==Career==
==Career==
At the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]] she won a silver medal in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit|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 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2|2014–15 world cup stop in Seoul, South Korea]], on 21 November 2014, she won the [[2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Women's 500 metres|500 m event]], and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the world cup. At the [[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2015 world single distance championships]], she won the bronze medal in the [[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m event]].
At the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]] she won a silver medal in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit|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 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2|2014–15 World Cup stop in Seoul, South Korea]], on 21 November 2014, she won the [[2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Women's 500 metres|500 m event]], and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the world cup. At the [[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2015 world single distance championships]], she won the bronze medal in the [[2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres|500 m event]].


At the [[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kodaira captures women’s 500-meter title at world championships|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/02/10/more-sports/winter-sports-more-sports/kodaira-captures-womens-500-meter-title-world-championships|accessdate=10 February 2017|publisher=''[[The Japan Times]]''|date=10 February 2017}}</ref> She won also silver medal in the women's 1000 m event at the championships. At the [[2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|world sprint championships in the year]], she won the women competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU world cup women's 500 m races.
At the [[2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kodaira captures women’s 500-meter title at world championships|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/02/10/more-sports/winter-sports-more-sports/kodaira-captures-womens-500-meter-title-world-championships|accessdate=10 February 2017|publisher=''[[The Japan Times]]''|date=10 February 2017}}</ref> She won also silver medal in the women's 1000 m event at the championships. At the [[2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|world sprint championships in the year]], she won the women competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU world cup women's 500 m races.

Revision as of 21:55, 9 February 2019

Nao Kodaira
Kodaira during the 2018 Olympics
Personal information
Native name小平 奈緒
NationalityJapanese
Born (1986-05-26) 26 May 1986 (age 38)
Chino, Nagano, Japan
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit
World Single Distances Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gangneung 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Inzell 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Heerenveen 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Inzell 1000 m
World Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Calgary Sprint
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sapporo 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sapporo 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Astana/Almaty 1500 m
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Harbin 1500m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Turin 1000m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Harbin 1000m

Nao Kodaira (Template:Lang-ja; born 26 May 1986) is a Japanese long-track speed skater who specialises 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 women's 1000 m event at the championships. At the world sprint championships in the year, she won the women competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU world cup women's 500 m races.

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 women's 1000 metres,[3] 2×500 metres and the sprint combination,[4] and the former one in the women's team sprint, as well as the current Japanese record holder in the women's 500 metres.[5]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and silver one 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.[6]

Records

Personal records[7]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 36.50 8 December 2017 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 2nd place in the women's 500 m history.[8]
500 m (sea level) 36.94 18 February 2018 Gangneung Oval, Gangneung Current sea-level world best, current Olympic record.[9]
2×500 m 73.55 26 February 2017 Olympic Oval, Calgary Current world record.[10]
1000 m 1:12.09 10 December 2017 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Current world record.[3]
1500 m 1:59.03 20 February 2009 Harbin, China Current Universiade record.
Team sprint 1:26.82 14 November 2015 Olympic Oval, Calgary Former world record.[7][11]
Sprint comb. 146.390 25–26 February 2017 Olympic Oval, Calgary Current world record.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Kodaira captures women's 500-meter title at world championships". The Japan Times. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "ISU RESULTS". www.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "World Records". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Evolution of the world record Sprint combination Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  5. ^ "National Records – Japan (JPN)". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  6. ^ Harris, Beth (18 February 2018), "Japan's Nao Kodaira wins 500-meter speedskating gold over South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa", Chicago Tribune
  7. ^ a b "Nao Kodaira". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  8. ^ "ISU World Cup SPEED SKATING Salt Lake City 1st 500m Ladies". ISU. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  9. ^ "PYEONGCHANG SPEED SKATING LADIES' 500M". IOC. Retrieved 28 August 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  10. ^ "Speed Skating – Records – Historical World Record 2 x 500m – Ladies". ISU. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  11. ^ "ISU World Cup Speed Skating Calgary – Result Team Sprint Ladies". ISU. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
Records
Preceded by Women's sprint combination speed skating world record
26 February 2017 – present 		Succeeded by
Current holder
Preceded by Women's 1000 m speed skating world record
10 December 2017 – present 		Succeeded by
Current holder
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