Emiko Kiyosawa

Emiko Kiyosawa
nation	Japan
birthday	20th November 1983 (age 36)
place of birth	Yokohama , Japan
size	157 cm
Weight	55 kg
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , super-G
society	Team Xraeb
status	active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut November 28, 2009  Overall World Cup 99th ( 2011/2012 )  Slalom World Cup 46th (2011/2012)
last change: March 10, 2013

Emiko Kiyosawa ( Japanese 清 澤 恵 美 子 , Kiyosawa Emiko ; born November 20, 1983 in Yokohama ) is a Japanese ski racer . She successfully competes in the Far East Cup and has competed in the World Cup since 2009 .

biography

Kiyosawa first took part in FIS races and Japanese championships in February 1999 . After a fracture of the tibia and fibula, she had to take a break from December 1999 for almost a year. Since February 2001 Kiyosawa has also competed in the Far East Cup . In this racing series, she achieved her first podium finish in March 2003, after she had previously achieved several victories and podiums in FIS races. Kiyosawa, who studied at Senshū University , achieved her first international success in January 2005 when she won the bronze medal in the Super-G at the Universiade in Innsbruck . In the Far East Cup she celebrated her first victory on March 11, 2007 in a Super-G in Hakuba . From 2009 numerous other victories were added, with which she won the overall ranking of the Far East Cup in addition to several victories in disciplines in 2010.

Since November 2009 Kiyosawa has also competed in the World Cup , so far only in the disciplines of slalom and giant slalom. In her 16th World Cup race, the Slalom in Zagreb on January 3, 2012, she was able to qualify for the second round of the top 30 for the first time and win her first World Cup points with 24th place. Her best World Cup result so far is 21st place on March 10, 2013 at the slalom in Ofterschwang .

successes

World cup

• 4 places among the best 30

Far East Cup

• Overall victory in 2010
• 15 wins and another 22 podium places

More Achievements

• Triple Japanese champion (giant slalom 2003 and 2009, Super-G 2005)
• Bronze medal in Super-G at the Universiade 2005
• 1 win in the Australian New Zealand Cup
• 32 victories in FIS races

Web links

• Emiko Kiyosawa in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Emiko Kiyosawa in the database of Ski-DB (English)