Ayaka Kikuchi

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Ayaka Kikuchi Speed ​​skating
nation JapanJapan Japan
birthday 28th June 1987 (age 33)
place of birth Minamiaiki , Japan
Career
status active
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Pyeongchang 2018 Team tracking
ISU Individual distance world championships
gold Heerenveen 2015 Team tracking
Placements in the speed skating world cup
 Debut in the World Cup November 12, 2010
 World Cup victories 3
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Team competition 3 3 2
last change: December 1st, 2018

Ayaka Kikuchi ( Japanese 菊池 彩 花 , Kikuchi Ayaka ; born June 28, 1987 in Minamiaiki , Nagano ) is a Japanese speed skater .

Career

Kikuchi made his World Cup debut at the beginning of the 2010/11 season in Heerenveen . There she took 19th place over 3000 m and seventh place over 1500 m in Division B. At the individual distance Asian Championships 2011 in Harbin , she won the bronze medal over 5000 m and 3000 m. At the beginning of the 2013/14 season she reached Calgary with second place in the team pursuit, her first podium in the World Cup. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , she achieved 31st place over 1500 m and fourth place in the team pursuit. At the World Cup final in Berlin she came back on the podium with third place in the team pursuit. In the 2014/15 season she finished second at the World Cup in Obihiro and third in the team pursuit in Berlin. At the 2015 World Individual Distance Championships in Heerenveen, she won the gold medal in the team pursuit. In the 2015/16 season she came in over 1500 m with five top ten placements and came tenth in the World Cup over 1500 m. In addition, she was second in the team pursuit in Calgary and won her first World Cup victory in the team pursuit in Heerenveen. In the 2017/18 season she won the team pursuit in Calgary and Minsk . At the season highlight, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she won the gold medal in the team pursuit. In the individual races she achieved 19th place over 3000 m and 16th place over 1500 m. In March 2018 she was seventh at the all- around world championships in Amsterdam .

Kikuchi was Japanese champion in the all-around in 2010 and in the 1500 m in 2014. At the Japanese Championships in Nagano in 2016 , she won over 1000 m, 3000 m and four-way combat.

Kikuchi is the sister of Moemi , Yuki and Sumire , who are all active on the short track .

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. December 12, 2015 NetherlandsNetherlands Heerenveen Team tracking 1
2. 2nd December 2017 CanadaCanada Calgary Team tracking 1
3. 17th March 2018 BelarusBelarus Minsk Team tracking 2

2With Ayano Satō and Miho Takagi.

Personal bests

  • 0500 m 39.01 sec. (installed on December 30, 2015 in Obihiro)
  • 1000 m 1: 15.12 min. (installed on December 10, 2017 in Salt Lake City)
  • 1500 m 1: 54.12 min. (installed on November 9, 2013 in Salt Lake City)
  • 3000 m 4: 01.89 min. (installed on December 1, 2017 in Calgary)
  • 5000 m 7: 13.69 min. (installed on February 18, 2011 in Salt Lake City)

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personal data
SURNAME Kikuchi, Ayaka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 菊池 彩 花 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Minamiaiki