Asuka Terada

Asuka Terada (寺田 明日香, Terada Asuka, born 14 January 1990, in Sapporo) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles.[2] She twice represented her country at the World Championships, first at the 2009 edition in Berlin and then over a decade later at the 2019 edition in Doha.

Asuka Terada
Personal information
Born (1990-01-14) 14 January 1990
Sapporo, Japan
EducationWaseda University
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m hurdles

Her personal best in the event is 12.97 seconds (+1.2 m/s) set in Fujiyoshida in 2019. This is the current national record.

She retired in 2013 because of injuries. After marriage and childbirth, she decided to return to sport in 2017, first giving rugby a try and a year later coming back to athletics.[3]

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Japan
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 55th (h) 100 m 12.53
15th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.85
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 29th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.41
Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.20
1st (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.34
2010 Continental Cup Split, Croatia 8th 100 m hurdles 13.671
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 5th 100 m hurdles 13.29
2nd (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.73
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 29th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.20

1Representing Asia-Pacific

gollark: Reminder kind of to self: its hour thingy is between 6 mins ago & now.
gollark: *ToDs
gollark: *is annoyed at lack of accurate timers*
gollark: Now to spend ages working out the ToD!
gollark: I'll just go incubate it now.

References
  1. "JAAF profile" (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. Asuka Terada at World Athletics
  3. "Official bio" (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 October 2019.


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