Miho Takagi (speed skater)

Miho Takagi (高木 美帆, Takagi Miho, born 22 May 1994) is a Japanese speed skater. She has won a total of seven medals at the Olympics, two of them gold.

Miho Takagi
Takagi at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994
Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
ClubNippon Sport Science University
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2022 Beijing1000 m
Silver medal – second place2018 Pyeongchang1500 m
Silver medal – second place2022 Beijing500 m
Silver medal – second place2022 Beijing1500 m
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2018 Pyeongchang1000 m
World Single Distances Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2019 InzellTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2020 Salt Lake CityTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2024 Calgary1000 m
Gold medal – first place2024 Calgary1500 m
Silver medal – second place2016 KolomnaTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2017 GangneungTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2019 Inzell1500 m
Bronze medal – third place2016 KolomnaMass start
Bronze medal – third place2017 Gangneung1500 m
Bronze medal – third place2020 Salt Lake City1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 Heerenveen1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 Heerenveen1500 m
Bronze medal – third place2024 CalgaryTeam pursuit
World Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 HamarSprint
Gold medal – first place2024 InzellSprint
Silver medal – second place2019 HeerenveenSprint
World Allround Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 AmsterdamAllround
Silver medal – second place2019 CalgaryAllround
Silver medal – second place2022 HamarAllround
Bronze medal – third place2017 HamarAllround
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2017 Sapporo1500 m
Gold medal – first place2017 Sapporo3000 m
Gold medal – first place2017 SapporoMass start
Silver medal – second place2017 Sapporo1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2011 Astana/AlmatyTeam pursuit
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Salt Lake City1000 m
Gold medal – first place2024 Salt Lake City1500 m
Gold medal – first place2024 Salt Lake CityTeam sprint
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first placeTrentino 20131000 m

Career

At the age of 15, Takagi represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 35th in the women's 1000 metres and 23rd in the 1500 metres. In 2012 and 2013, she won the World Junior Speed Skating Championships.

After participating in several world cup and world championship events, she became a world champion when in the 2015 World Single Distance Championships she won the gold medal in the team pursuit where she participated together with her sister Nana Takagi and compatriot Ayaka Kikuchi.

In competition in Salt Lake City of 2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, she with Nana & Ayano Sato won women's team pursuit with the world record of 2 minutes & 50.87 seconds.

In the 2018 Olympics, Takagi won the silver medal in the women's 1500-metre speed skating event and the bronze medal in the women's 1000-metre speed skating event. Takagi was also part of the Nippon team that won the 2018 Olympics women's team pursuit with a time of 2 minutes & 53.89 seconds, the Olympic record & the sea-level world best.[1]

She won the women's competition at the 2018 World Allround Speed Skating Championships.

In the 2017–18 world cup, the Nippon team she was part of won all women's team pursuit competitions of the world cup & became a 3-continuous-season overall world cup winner in the pursuit & she became overall winner in women's 1500 metres & allround.

She finished second in the 2019 World Allround Speed Skating Championships.

Takagi set a world record in the women's 1500 meters in 2019 with a time of 1:49.83 in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2]

At 2022 Winter Olympics, Takagi earned three silver medals in 1500m, 500m, and team pursuit. At the point when she earned her third medal in the 2022 games, which was her sixth overall, she became the Japanese female athlete with the biggest number of Olympic medals earned, surpassing three other athletes, Miya Tachibana and Miho Takeda in synchronized swimming, and Ryoko Tani in Judo, all of those who have earned 5 Olympic medals each in summer games. Takagi also won her second Olympic gold, and the first one in an individual event, in 1000m with a new Olympic record time of 1:13:19.

Personal records
DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m37.1213 February 2022Beijing National Speed Skating Oval, Beijing
1000 m1:11.719 March 2019Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m1:49.8310 March 2019Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m3:55.4510 December 2021Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m7:01.976 March 2022Hamar Olympic Hall, Hamar

She is currently in 2nd position in the adelskalender.[3]

Olympic Games

7 medals – (2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)

Event 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Team pursuit
Canada 2010 Vancouver — 35th 23rd — — —
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang — Bronze Silver 5th — Gold
China 2022 Beijing Silver Gold Silver 6th — Silver

See also

References
  1. Fielding, Gus (22 February 2018), "Miho Takagi overjoyed after claiming coveted gold medal in team pursuit", The Japan Times
  2. "Miho Takagi achieves world record in 1500 meters", The Japan Times, 11 March 2019
  3. "Adelskalender Small Combination Women". severtstenlund.se. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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