Sayaka Aoki (青木 沙弥佳, Aoki Sayaka, born 15 December 1986 in Gifu Prefecture) is a Japanese track and field sprinter and hurdler, who specializes in the 400 metres sprint and 400 metres hurdles. She competed for her country as part of the Japanese women's 4 × 400 metres relay team at the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the World Championships in Athletics three times (2007, 2009, 2015). She has been a four-time medallist in the relay at the Asian Athletics Championships (2007, 2011, 2013, 2017), including a gold medal in 2011. She won her first major international medal in the hurdles – a bronze – at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships.
_In_400m_Hurdles_competitors_(cropped).jpg) in India in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 青木 沙弥佳 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 15 December 1986 Gifu Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 4 × 400 metres relay |
| College team | Fukushima University |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 400 m: 53.40 s (2007) |
Aoki competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Mayu Kida, Satomi Kubokura, and Asami Tanno. She ran on the anchor leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 52.64 seconds. Aoki and her team finished the relay in last place for a seasonal best time of 3:30.52, failing to advance into the final.[1]
Born in Gifu Prefecture, she attended Fukushima University and represented her country as a student-athlete at the 2007 Universiade.[2]
International competitions
References
External links
- Sayaka Aoki at World Athletics
- Sayaka Aoki at the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (in Japanese)
- Sayaka Aoki at Olympics.com
- Sayaka Aoki at Olympedia
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 August 2012)
