Maki Tabata

	Maki Tabata
nation	Japan
birthday	November 9, 1974
place of birth	Mukawa
Career
status	active
Medal table
winter Olympics
Individual distance world championships
All around world championships
	Placements in the speed skating world cup
Debut in the World Cup	November 26, 1993
Total toilet 1500	4. ( 1999/2000 , 2003/04 )
Total toilet 3000/5000	3. ( 2001/02 )
	last change: December 2nd, 2016

Maki Tabata ( Japanese田畑真紀; Tabata Maki ; born November 9, 1974 in Mukawa , Yūfutsu County, Hokkaidō Prefecture ) is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist.

Career

Maki Tabata is one of the most successful female speed skaters in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 1991 she first appeared internationally at the Junior World Championships in Calgary . In the following title fights in Baselga di Pinè she won the bronze medal in the all-around event. She made her debut in the World Cup in November 1993 in Berlin . In her third appearance, over 1500 meters in Innsbruck , she ran into the top 10 for the first time. Despite all her successes, Tabata has never won an individual World Cup race to this day. She was only successful twice with the team (2003 in Hamar and 2005 in Baselga di Pinè). Her best place in the overall World Cup was a third place in the 3000/5000 meter distance in the 2001/02 season. In 1999/2000 she finished fourth in the overall World Cup on the same route, as well as over the 1500 meters in 1999/2000 and 2003/04.

For the first time in the Olympic Games Tabata took part in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and was 16th over 1500 meters. In her next games in 2002 she was one of the top favorites, but could not meet expectations. She remained without medals and was even disqualified on the 1000-meter course. At the Games of Turin , she appeared on four tracks, but only came in between 13 and 17. With the team, she just missed a medal in fourth. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , she won the silver medal in the team pursuit. She came 19th over 1500 meters. Four years later, she finished 24th over 1500 meters and fourth in the team pursuit at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .

At world championships Tabata could win a total of seven medals. She won her first medal at the All Around World Championship in Milwaukee in 2000 . In the same year she also won bronze over 3000 meters at the individual distance world championships in Nagano . At the 2001 World Championships in Salt Lake City , she won silver over 1500 meters and bronze over 5000 meters within two days. Two years later at the World Cup in Berlin , she was able to confirm her silver medal over 1500 meters again. At the individual distance world championships in 2005 in Inzell , she won bronze in the team pursuit. Her last medal at world championships, she won at the 2009 World Individual Distance Championships in Richmond with the bronze medal in the team pursuit.

Tabata has been Japanese champion 21 times. In 1998 she set a world record in the small all-around competition, which the American Becky Sundstrom exceeded three months later .

In 2012 Maki Tabata was also active as a track cyclist . She started at the Asian Cycling Championships in 2012 and won three medals: gold in the individual pursuit , silver together with Kanoko Kase and Minami Uwano in the team pursuit and bronze in the scratch . She also took part in the 2012 UCI Track World Championships .

Personal bests

500 m 39.18 sec. (installed on March 15, 2001 in Calgary)
1000 m 1: 15.25 min. (installed on December 13, 2009 in Salt Lake City)
1500 m 1: 54.28 min. (installed on December 12, 2009 in Salt Lake City)
3000 m 4: 01.01 min. (installed on January 27, 2002 in Calgary)
5000 m 7:00, 09 min. (installed on March 18, 2006 in Calgary)

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

1994 Lillehammer : 16th place 1500 m
2002 Salt Lake City : 6th place 3000 m, 9th place 1500 m
2006 Turin : 4th place team pursuit, 13th place 5000 m, 14th place 3000 m, 15th place 1500 m, 17th place 1000 m
2010 Vancouver : 2nd place team pursuit, 19th place 1500 m
2014 Sochi : 4th place team pursuit, 25th place 1500 m

Individual distance world championships

1996 Hamar : 13th place 3000 m
1997 Warsaw : 12th place 5000 m, 16th place 3000 m, 17th place 1500 m
1999 Heerenveen : 6th place 5000 m, 6th place 3000 m, 8th place 1500 m
2000 Nagano : 3rd place 3000 m, 7th place 5000 m, 9th place 1500 m
2001 Salt Lake City : 2nd 1500 m, 3rd 5000 m, 5th 3000 m
2003 Berlin : 2nd place 1500 m
2004 Seoul : 6th place 1500 m, 9th place 1000 m, 11th place 3000 m, 13th place 5000 m
2005 Inzell : 3rd place team pursuit, 6th place 3000 m, 7th place 1500 m, 15th place 5000 m
2007 Salt Lake City : 4th 1500 m, 7th 5000 m, 9th 3000 m
2008 Nagano : 4th place team pursuit, 10th place 1500 m, 10th place 3000 m
2009 Richmond : 3rd place team pursuit, 8th place 1500 m
2015 Heerenveen : 19th place 1500 m

Sprint World Championships

2008 Heerenveen : 20th place sprint all-around

All-around world championships

1995 Tynset : 9th place in the little four-way fight
1996 Inzell : 7th place in the little four-way fight
1999 Hamar : 7th place in the small quadruple
2000 Milwaukee : 3rd place in the small quadruple
2001 Budapest : 7th place in the little four-way fight
2002 Heerenveen : 8th place in the little four-way fight
2003 Gothenburg : 7th place in the little four-way fight
2004 Hamar : 9th place in the small quadruple
2005 Moscow : 10th place in the little four-way fight
2006 Calgary : 7th place in the small quadruple
2007 Heerenveen : 14th place in the little four-way fight
2008 Berlin : 13th place in the little four-way fight
2009 Hamar : 14th place in the small quadruple

Web links

Statistics at speed skating news
Maki Tabata in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Maki Tabata in the database of Radsportseiten.net

personal data
SURNAME	Tabata, Maki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	田畑真紀 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mukawa , Japan