Yudai Nitta
Yudai Nitta (2016) | |
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Date of birth | June 25, 1986 |
nation | Japan |
discipline | Train (short term) |
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Last updated: October 29, 2019 |
Yudai Nitta (born June 25, 1986 in Aizu-Wakamatsu ) is a Japanese cyclist.
Athletic career
In 2004, Yudai Nitta won his first international medal when he won silver in the Junior Asian Games. Two years later he was together with Kazuya Narita and Kazunari Watanabe Asian game winner in the team sprint , together with (with Kazuya Narita and Kazunari Watanabe). In the following years he won other medals at Asian championships and games. In 2012 Nitta started at the Olympic Games in London and finished eighth in the team sprint together with Seiichirō Nakagawa and Kazunari Watanabe, and in 2013 he was a two-time winner of the East Asian Games in the sprint and in the 1000-meter time trial . In the overall Keirin ranking of the Track Cycling World Cup 2017/18 , he finished seventh.
In addition to the races in the international competition calendar of the World Cycling Association UCI , Nitta also competes very successfully in competitions of the Japanese Keirin Circuit of the Japanese Keirin Foundation . He earned two million dollars in prize money in one year alone (2014 or 2015). In order to achieve his goal of becoming the “world's best Keirin driver”, he temporarily relocated his training location to Adelaide , Australia , as there is a covered cycle track there, unlike in Japan.
successes
- 2004
- 2006
- Asian Game Winner - Team Sprint (with Kazuya Narita and Kazunari Watanabe )
- 2010
- Asian Games - Sprint, Team Sprint (with Kazuya Narita and Kazunari Watanabe )
- Asian Championship - Team Sprint (with Kazuya Narita and Kazunari Watanabe )
- Asian Championship - Sprint, 1000-meter time trial
- 2013
- East Asian game winner - sprint, 1000-meter time trial
- 2014
- Asian Championship - Team Sprint (with Seiichirō Nakagawa and Kazunari Watanabe )
- 2015
- Asian Championship - Team Sprint (with Kazuki Amagai and Kazunari Watanabe )
- 2018
- Asian Games - Keirin
- Asian Games - Team Sprint (with Kazuki Amagai and Tomohiro Fukaya )
- 2019
- Asian Champion - Team Sprint (with Kazuki Amagai and Tomohiro Fukaya )
- World Championship - Keirin
- Japanese master - Keirin
- 2019/20
- Asian Champion - Team Sprint (with Kazuki Amagai and Tomohiro Fukaya )
- Asian Cup - Keirin
- World Cup in Cambridge - Team Sprint (with Kazuki Amagai and Tomohiro Fukaya )
- World Cup in Brisbane - team sprint (with Yoshitaku Nagasako and Tomohiro Fukaya )
Web links
- Yudai Nitta in the database of Radsportseiten.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yudai Nitta in Adelaide for high-speed workout for 'no-rules' cycling. In: abc.net.au. June 14, 2016, accessed February 14, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Nitta, Yudai |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aizu-wakamatsu |