Takatsugu Uda
Takatsugu Uda 
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| birthday | 25th October 1991 (age 28) | ||||||||
| place of birth | Katsuyama , Japan | ||||||||
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| society | Tōkai University | ||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||
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| last change: April 12, 2016 | |||||||||
Takatsugu Uda ( Japanese 宇田 祟 二 , Uda Takatsugu ; born October 25, 1991 in Katsuyama ) is a Japanese cross-country skier .
Career
Uda has mainly participated in the Far East Cup since 2011 . He ran his first World Cup race in December 2013 in Lillehammer , which he finished in 79th place. In the same month he missed a medal at the Winter Universiade 2013 in Lago di Tesero with fourth place in the relay by 0.3 seconds. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season in Pyeongchang he won the 15 km freestyle and 10 km classic his first victories in the Far East Cup and finished the cup in third place in the overall standings. Due to the good results in the Far East Cup, he entered the World Cup again in February 2015 at the 15 km freestyle race in Östersund , where he finished 50th. At the subsequent Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun , 33rd place in the 15 km freestyle and 50 km mass start race and 12th place with the relay were his best placements. After finishing 80th in the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer at the beginning of the 2016/17 season, he became the Japanese skiathlon champion in Tōkamachi in January 2017 . In 2013 and 2015 he won the Vasaloppet Japan . In March 2018 he became the Japanese champion over 50 km in Sapporo .
Victories in Continental Cup races
| No. | date | place | discipline | series |
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| 1. | 17th December 2014 |
 Pyeongchang
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10 km classic | Far East Cup |
| 2. | December 18, 2014 |
Pyeongchang
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15 km freestyle | Far East Cup |
Web links
- Takatsugu Uda in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Uda, Takatsugu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 宇田 祟 二 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese cross-country skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Katsuyama |