TAKAHASHI Yuko

Japan

Triathlon

Date of Birth: 27 Aug 1991

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.65/5'5''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Triathlon	Women's Individual	1
	Mixed Relay JPN Japan	1

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Chun'an Jieshou Sports Centre Triathlon Course	Women's Individual	Finished
	Chun'an Jieshou Sports Centre Triathlon Course	Mixed Relay	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
1	Women's Olympic Distance	2018	Indonesia	1:59:29
1	Mixed Team Relay	2018	Indonesia	1:30:39
Olympic Games
13	Mixed Team Relay	2020	Tokyo, JPN	1:27:02
18	Women's Olympic Distance	2020	Tokyo, JPN	2:01:18
World Triathlon Championship Series (Ranking)
12	Women's Individual Ranking	2018		2543
14	Women's Individual Ranking	2017		2303
17	Women's Individual Ranking	2019		2148
23	Women's Individual Ranking	2012		1507
26	Women's Individual Ranking	2022		1648.09
29	Women's Individual Ranking	2013		1134
33	Women's Individual Ranking	2021		671
34	Women's Individual Ranking	2016		1102
49	Women's Individual Ranking	2015		969
50	Women's Individual Ranking	2014		679
105	Women's Individual Ranking	2010		80
World Championships Team Relay
7	Mixed Team Relay	2018	Hamburg, GER	1:21:32
10	Mixed Team Relay	2013	Hamburg, GER	1:19:51
11	Mixed Team Relay	2019	Hamburg, GER	1:23:06
11	Mixed Team Relay	2017	Hamburg, GER	1:24:41
14	Mixed Team Relay	2015	Hamburg, GER	1:23:30
14	Mixed Team Relay	2012	Stockholm, SWE	1:30:02
LAP	Mixed Team Relay	2023	Hamburg, GER	LAP
World Triathlon Championship Mixed Relay Series
8	Mixed Team Relay	2022	Hamburg, GER	1:23:26
11	Mixed Team Relay	2019	Tokyo, JPN	1:29:06
11	Mixed Team Relay	2018	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:22:50
14	Mixed Team Relay	2022	Leeds, GBR	1:31:45
16	Mixed Team Relay	2023	Paris, FRA	1:14:51
17	Mixed Team Relay	2023	Sunderland, GBR	1:33:07
DNF	Mixed Team Relay	2019	Abu Dhabi, UAE	DNF
LAP	Mixed Team Relay	2023	Hamburg, GER	LAP
LAP	Mixed Team Relay	2019	Edmonton, AB, CAN	LAP
World Triathlon Championship Series
4	Women's Olympic Distance	2019	Yokohama, JPN	1:53:38
5	Women's Olympic Distance	2018	Hamilton, BER	2:05:51
5	Women's Olympic Distance	2017	Stockholm, SWE	2:03:07
8	Women's Olympic Distance	2017	Montreal, QC, CAN	2:01:01
9	Women's Olympic Distance	2017	Abu Dhabi, UAE	2:05:07
10	Women's Olympic Distance	2018	Leeds, GBR	1:58:20
11	Women's Sprint Distance	2023	Sunderland, GBR	1:00:54
11	Women's Sprint Distance	2019	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:02:14
12	Women's Sprint Distance	2018	Abu Dhabi, UAE	1:02:01
12	Women's Sprint Distance	2017	Hamburg, GER	1:00:22
14	Women's Sprint Distance	2018	Edmonton, AB, CAN	58:10
15	Women's Olympic Distance	2022	Abu Dhabi, UAE	1:59:02
15	Women's Sprint Distance	2019	Hamburg, GER	1:00:32
15	Women's Olympic Distance	2018	Yokohama, JPN	1:56:59
15	Women's Sprint Distance	2018	Hamburg, GER	59:29
15	Women's Olympic Distance	2017	Leeds, GBR	2:03:05
15	Women's Sprint Distance	2015	Abu Dhabi, UAE	1:00:00
17	Women's Olympic Distance	2019	Leeds, GBR	1:59:57
17	Women's Olympic Distance	2017	Yokohama, JPN	2:00:32
18	Women's Olympic Distance	2021	Tokyo, JPN	2:01:18
19	Women's Sprint Distance	2022	Abu Dhabi, UAE	58:24
19	Women's Sprint Distance	2016	Cape Town, RSA	1:00:57
19	Women's Olympic Distance	2015	Yokohama, JPN	2:00:18
20	Women's Olympic Distance	2022	Yokohama, JPN	1:57:35
20	Women's Olympic Distance	2016	Leeds, GBR	2:04:44
21	Women's Olympic Distance	2023	Cagliari, ITA	1:50:02
21	Women's Olympic Distance	2022	Cagliari, ITA	1:51:25
21	Women's Olympic Distance	2021	Yokohama, JPN	1:57:03
21	Women's Sprint Distance	2017	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	59:17
22	Women's Olympic Distance	2021	Leeds, GBR	1:59:50
22	Women's Sprint Distance	2017	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:05:04
23	Women's Olympic Distance	2017	Rotterdam, NED	2:06:24
23	Women's Olympic Distance	2016	Stockholm, SWE	2:08:42
24	Women's Olympic Distance	2022	Hamilton, BER	2:08:29
25	Women's Sprint Distance	2019	Abu Dhabi, UAE	58:15
25	Women's Olympic Distance	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:56:13
27	Women's Sprint Distance	2023	Montreal, QC, CAN	59:53
27	Women's Olympic Distance	2019	Hamilton, BER	2:07:29
27	Women's Olympic Distance	2015	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	2:01:47
27	Women's Olympic Distance	2015	Auckland, NZL	2:15:40
31	Women's Olympic Distance	2019	Lausanne, SUI	2:10:27
33	Women's Olympic Distance	2016	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	2:02:31
35	Women's Olympic Distance	2016	Cozumel, MEX	2:04:43
35	Women's Olympic Distance	2016	Yokohama, JPN	2:00:53
36	Women's Super Sprint Distance	2023	Hamburg, GER	22:06
36	Women's Sprint Distance	2022	Leeds, GBR	1:02:02
36	Women's Sprint Distance	2016	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:01:50
38	Women's Sprint Distance	2022	Hamburg, GER	1:00:43
38	Women's Olympic Distance	2015	Stockholm, SWE	2:09:51
39	Women's Olympic Distance	2023	Yokohama, JPN	1:58:37
43	Women's Sprint Distance	2023	Abu Dhabi, UAE	1:00:53
51	Women's Sprint Distance	2016	Hamburg, GER	1:00:51
55	Women's Sprint Distance	2015	Hamburg, GER	1:02:22
59	Women's Olympic Distance	2015	Chicago, IL, USA	2:05:26
62	Women's Sprint Distance	2015	London, GBR	1:02:21
DNF	Women's Olympic Distance	2016	Abu Dhabi, UAE	DNF
LAP	Women's Sprint Distance	2015	Edmonton, AB, CAN	LAP
World Cup
3	Women's Olympic Distance	2015	Tongyeong, KOR	2:01:15
4	Women's Sprint Distance	2022	Bergen, NOR	1:03:00
4	Women's Olympic Distance	2017	Huelva, ESP	2:02:05
4	Women's Sprint Distance	2015	Cozumel, MEX	59:29
4	Women's Sprint Distance	2015	New Plymouth, NZL	1:00:35
5	Women's Olympic Distance	2019	Miyazaki, JPN	2:00:20
5	Women's Sprint Distance	2018	New Plymouth, NZL	1:03:51
5	Women's Olympic Distance	2017	Miyazaki, JPN	1:55:02
6	Women's Sprint Distance	2016	Tongyeong, KOR	1:00:29
7	Women's Olympic Distance	2022	Karlovy Vary, CZE	2:07:18
7	Women's Olympic Distance	2018	Weihai, CHN	2:09:56
7	Women's Sprint Distance	2017	Tongyeong, KOR	58:33
7	Women's Sprint Distance	2017	Cagliari, ITA	1:02:49
8	Women's Olympic Distance	2023	Valencia, ESP	1:56:20
8	Women's Sprint Distance	2017	New Plymouth, NZL	59:57
8	Women's Olympic Distance	2016	Miyazaki, JPN	2:02:29
9	Women's Sprint Distance	2016	Tiszaujvaros, HUN	1:00:47
9	Women's Olympic Distance	2015	Chengdu, CHN	1:59:20
10	Women's Olympic Distance	2018	Miyazaki, JPN	2:03:33
11	Women's Olympic Distance	2022	Pontevedra, ESP	1:58:54
24	Women's Sprint Distance	2016	Mooloolaba, QLD, AUS	1:00:25
Asian Championships
1	Women's Olympic Distance	2022	Aktau, KAZ	2:02:28
1	Mixed Team Relay	2022	Aktau, KAZ	1:27:03
1	Women's Olympic Distance	2017	Palembang, INA	2:06:31
4	Women's Olympic Distance	2016	Hatsukaichi, JPN	2:04:49
DNF	Women's Olympic Distance	2015	New Taipei, TPE	DNF

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Health Studies, Sport Studies - Hosei University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Coach:

Paulo Sousa [personal], POR, from 2017

Other sports:

She has also competed in duathlon. She won a gold medal at the 2013 National Duathlon Championships in Japan, and finished seventh at the 2015 World Championships in Adelaide, SA, Australia. (jtu, 02 May 2018; triathlon, 15 Jul 2018)

Start:

She took up the sport seriously when she was a high school student. (yomiuri, 12 Feb 2015)

Reason:

She was influenced by her father who did triathlon as a hobby. "The sport was like part of playing with my older brother and younger sister." (yomiuri, 12 Feb 2015; euglena, 11 Mar 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (city, 05 Jan 2023)

Influence:

Her father. (triathlon, 15 Jul 2018)

Award:

She received the Best Athlete Award in triathlon at the Japan Sport Awards in both 2017 and 2019. (sports-topics, 01 Feb 2018; yomiuri, 17 Jan 2020)

Additional Information

General
COACH
In 2017 she moved to San Diego, CA, United States of America, to train with a multinational triathlon team named the Triathlon Squad under coach Paulo Sousa. In March 2020 she returned to Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where she continued to receive remote coaching from Sousa. (prtimes, 02 Feb 2023; japantimes, 21 May 2019; chunichi, 15 Oct 2018, 07 Oct 2019; tokyo-np, 05 Nov 2020)

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event