Asuka Terada
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 January 1990 Sapporo, Japan |
| Education | Waseda University |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 100 m hurdles |
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.
Her personal best in the event is 12.86 seconds (+0.7 m/s) set in Osaka in 2023. 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
[edit]| 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 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 20th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.06 |
| 2023 | Asian Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 13.13 |
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 36th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.15 | |
| 2024 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 2nd | 60 m hurdles | 8.21 |
1Representing Asia-Pacific
References
[edit]- ^ "JAAF profile" (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ Asuka Terada at World Athletics
- ^ "Official bio" (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 October 2019.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sapporo
- Athletes from Hokkaido
- Japanese female hurdlers
- Asian Games competitors for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Japan
- 21st-century Japanese women