Kanae Meguro
Kanae Meguro 
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| Full name | 目 黒 香 苗 |
| Association |
 Japan
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| birthday | September 9, 1978 |
| place of birth | Inawashiro (Fukushima) |
| Career | |
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| job | Sports soldier |
| society | Tōsenkyō |
| Debut in the World Cup | 2002 |
| status | not active |
| World Cup balance | |
| Overall World Cup | 37th 2003/04 |
| last change: June 12, 2010 | |
Kanae Meguro ( Japanese 目 黒 香 苗 , Meguro Kanae ; born September 9, 1978 in Inawashiro , Fukushima Prefecture as Kanae Suzuki ( 鈴木 香 苗 )) is a Japanese biathlete .
The only 1.57 m tall and 51 kg light Kanae Meguro started as a sports soldier in the "winter combat training unit" of the ground self-defense forces . She made her debut in a sprint race in Östersund in the Biathlon World Cup in 2002 and came in 49th place. Shortly afterwards, she achieved her first top ten placement with the Japanese season in Lahti . In 2003 she won World Cup points for the first time in Hochfilzen as 23rd. In the course of the 2003/04 season she reached eighth in Ruhpolding, her only place in the top ten. In a total of nine races of the season, Meguro finished in the points and was 37th in the overall standings. In 2004 the Japanese competed in the biathlon world championships for the first time . In Oberhof her best placement was a 29th place in the pursuit. The following year she came in an even better 17th place in the sprint in Hochfilzen. Meguro's career highlight so far was participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . The best place in an individual competition was a 37th place in the individual. She ran with the season in the cast Tomomi Ōtaka , Meguro, Tamami Tanaka and Ikuyo Tsukidate in sixteen. She had taken over from starting runner Ōtaka in last place, over two minutes behind the penultimate Romania, and with the best shooting result of her team - only two spare rounds - she was able to shorten the gap to around 40 seconds, in the end Japan was just ahead of Canada and Latvia. Since 2006 she has not competed in the World Cup or European races.
She is married to the biathlete Hironao Meguro .
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
- 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
| placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | Season | total |
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| 3rd place | ||||||
| Top 10 | 1 | 7th | 8th | |||
| Scoring | 1 | 9 | 6th | 19th | 35 | |
| Starts | 10 | 34 | 18th | 19th | 81 | |
| Status: after the 2008/2009 season | ||||||
Web links
- Kanae Meguro in the IBU database (English)
- Kanae Meguro in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b バ イ ア ス ロ ン 目 黒 選手 激励 会 「応 援 す る 会」 が 活躍 期待 . (No longer available online.) In: Fukushima Mimpō. Fukushima Mimpō-sha, December 19, 2005, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 13, 2010 (Japanese). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ YAWARA ・ 谷 佳 知 夫妻 以外 で 同一 五 輪 で と も に メ メ ダ ル を 獲得 し た 夫婦 . In: OlympicPlus. December 1, 2005, accessed June 13, 2010 (Japanese).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Meguro, Kanae |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 目 黒 香 苗 (Japanese); Suzuki Kanae (maiden name); 鈴木 香 苗 (Japanese, maiden name); Meguro-Suzuki, Kanae |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Inawashiro (Fukushima) , Japan |