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'''Yuki Nakata''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 中田有紀 ; born 10 March 1977) is a [[Japan]]ese [[track and field]] athlete who competes in the women's [[heptathlon]]. She represented Japan at the [[Summer Olympics]] in 2004 and has competed twice at the [[World Championships in Athletics]]. She was the [[silver medal]]list at the [[2009 Asian Athletics Championships]] and the [[2010 Asian Games]] and has won the heptathlon at the [[East Asian Games]] and the [[Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]]. With straight wins from 2002 to 2010, she is a nine time national champion and her best of 5962 points for the heptathlon is the [[List of Japanese records in athletics|national record]] for the event.
{{Nihongo|'''Yuki Nakata'''|中田 有紀|Nakata Yuki|born 10 March 1977}} is a Japanese [[track and field]] athlete who competes in the women's [[heptathlon]]. She represented Japan at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] and has competed twice at the [[World Championships in Athletics]]. She was the [[silver medal]]list at the [[2009 Asian Athletics Championships]] and the [[2010 Asian Games]] and has won the heptathlon at the [[East Asian Games]] and the [[Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]]. With straight wins from 2002 to 2010, she is a nine time national champion and her best of 5962 points for the heptathlon is the [[List of Japanese records in athletics|national record]] for the event.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in [[Shiga Prefecture]],<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/yuki-nakata-1.html Yuki Nakata]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> her first international medal in the event came at the 1996 [[Asian Junior Athletics Championships]], where she took the [[silver medal]] behind India's [[Soma Biswas]].<ref>[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/ASJC/ASJC1996.html 1996 Asian Junior Championships]. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> She made her international debut two years later at the [[1998 Asian Athletics Championships]], finishing ninth, and returned to the competition in [[2000 Asian Athletics Championships|2000]], improving to sixth place. That year she broke the [[List of Japanese records in athletics|Japanese national record]] in the heptathlon, recording 5642 points. She improved her best further in 2001 with a score of 5862 points and gained her first national title in 2002. Nakata was selected to represent Japan at the [[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Asian Games]] as a result and she ended the competition in fifth place.<ref name=JAAF>[http://www.jaaf.or.jp/fan/player/wom028.html Nakata, Yuki] {{ja icon}}. JAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref>
Born in [[Shiga Prefecture]],<ref>{{Sports-reference|na/yuki-nakata-1.html|Yuki Nakata}}</ref> her first international medal in the event came at the 1996 [[Asian Junior Athletics Championships]], where she took the [[silver medal]] behind India's [[Soma Biswas]].<ref>[http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/ASJC/ASJC1996.html 1996 Asian Junior Championships]. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> She made her international debut two years later at the [[1998 Asian Athletics Championships]], finishing ninth, and returned to the competition in [[2000 Asian Athletics Championships|2000]], improving to sixth place. That year she broke the [[List of Japanese records in athletics|Japanese national record]] in the heptathlon, recording 5642 points. She improved her best further in 2001 with a score of 5862 points and gained her first national title in 2002. Nakata was selected to represent Japan at the [[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Asian Games]] as a result and she ended the competition in fifth place.<ref name=JAAF>{{cite web|publisher=[[Japan Association of Athletics Federations]]|url=https://www.jaaf.or.jp/fan/player/wom028.html|title=Nakata, Yuki|language=ja|access-date=2019-10-15}}</ref>


The 2003 season saw her reach new heights as she retained her national heptathlon title with a Japanese record of 5910 points.<ref name=JAAF/> An international senior medal followed later that year at the [[2003 Asian Athletics Championships]] where she was runner-up to Kazakh athlete [[Irina Naumenko]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm Asian Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> She won the inaugural [[gold medal]] in the [[women's pentathlon]] at the [[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asi.htm Asian Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> She was on top form at the [[Japanese Athletics Championships]], winning a third straight title with another national record of 5962 points.<ref name=JAAF/> She became the first Japanese woman to enter the Olympic heptathlon at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Games]], but she did not match her performance from earlier that season and came 28th (last) with a total of 4871 points.<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/ATH/womens-heptathlon.html Athletics at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's Heptathlon]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref>
The 2003 season saw her reach new heights as she retained her national heptathlon title with a Japanese record of 5910 points.<ref name=JAAF/> An international senior medal followed later that year at the [[2003 Asian Athletics Championships]] where she was runner-up to Kazakh athlete [[Irina Naumenko]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm Asian Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-15.</ref> She won the inaugural [[gold medal]] in the [[women's pentathlon]] at the [[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asi.htm Asian Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-15.</ref> She was on top form at the [[Japanese Athletics Championships]], winning a third straight title with another national record of 5962 points.<ref name=JAAF/> She became the first Japanese woman to enter the Olympic heptathlon at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Games]], but she did not match her performance from earlier that season and came 28th (last) with a total of 4871 points.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/ATH/womens-heptathlon.html Athletics at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's Heptathlon]. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-10-15.</ref>


After another win nationally in 2005, she made her debut at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref name=JAAF/> She scored 5735 points for twentieth place, but was again in last place among all the heptathlon finishers.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3365/AT-HEP-W-7--0--.RS2.pdf 2005 World Championships - Women's Heptathlon Final Results]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> She closed the year with a silver medal at the [[Athletics at the 2005 East Asian Games|East Asian Games]], finishing behind [[Wang Hailan]] of China.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/easg.htm East Asian Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> Nakata had 4037 points in the pentathlon at the [[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]], but this was not enough for a medal.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=173164/index.html Nakata, Yuki]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> She fared better outdoors, winning the heptathlon and coming fifth in the [[long jump]] at the Japanese nationals and going on to finish just behind bronze medalist [[J. J. Shobha]] at the [[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Asian Games]] in [[Doha]].<ref name=JAAF/> Nakata repeated her national placings at the 2007 Japanese Championships and made her third global level appearance at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]], held on home turf in [[Osaka]]. She finished the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|heptathlon competition]] with a score of 5869 points, which included a personal best of 2:17.61 minutes in the final [[800 metres]] event.<ref>[http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=W/discipline=HEP/combCode=hash/roundCode=7/summary.html 2007 World Championships - Women's Heptathlon Results]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref>
After another win nationally in 2005, she made her debut at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref name=JAAF/> She scored 5735 points for twentieth place, but was again in last place among all the heptathlon finishers.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3365/AT-HEP-W-7--0--.RS2.pdf 2005 World Championships - Women's Heptathlon Final Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211214003/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3365/AT-HEP-W-7--0--.RS2.pdf |date=December 11, 2006}}. [[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]. Retrieved 2019-10-15.</ref> She closed the year with a silver medal at the [[Athletics at the 2005 East Asian Games|East Asian Games]], finishing behind [[Wang Hailan]] of China.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/easg.htm East Asian Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2011-06-02.</ref> Nakata had 4037 points in the pentathlon at the [[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]], but this was not enough for a medal.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/japan/yuki-nakata-173164 Nakata, Yuki]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-15.</ref> She fared better outdoors, winning the heptathlon and coming fifth in the [[long jump]] at the Japanese nationals and going on to finish just behind bronze medalist [[J. J. Shobha]] at the [[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Asian Games]] in [[Doha]].<ref name=JAAF/> Nakata repeated her national placings at the 2007 Japanese Championships and made her third global level appearance at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]], held on home turf in [[Osaka]]. She finished the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|heptathlon competition]] with a score of 5869 points, which included a personal best of 2:17.61 minutes in the final [[800 metres]] event.<ref>[http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=W/discipline=HEP/combCode=hash/roundCode=7/summary.html 2007 World Championships - Women's Heptathlon Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910183700/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender%3DW/discipline%3DHEP/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3D7/summary.html|date=September 10, 2007}}. IAAF. Retrieved 2011-06-02.</ref>


She won the 2008 Japanese heptathlon title,<ref>Nakamura, Ken (2008-06-28). [http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/news/kind=100/newsid=45538.html Murofushi and Shibui superb at Japanese Championships]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> but did not achieve the entry standard needed for the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html 2008 Olympic Athletics Standards]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> An eighth consecutive Japanese title came in 2009,<ref>Nakamura, Ken (2009-06-29). [http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=51404.html Sprinters excel at the Japanese Champs]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref> She did not compete at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] that year, but won a silver at the [[2009 Asian Athletics Championships]] in November and a [[gold medal]] at the [[Athletics at the 2009 East Asian Games|2009 East Asian Games]] a month later.<ref>[http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/12790403.htm 2009 Asian Championships]. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref><ref>Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2009-12-13). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=55112.html East Asian Games conclude]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref>
She won the 2008 Japanese heptathlon title,<ref>Nakamura, Ken (2008-06-28). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/murofushi-and-shibui-superb-at-japanese-champ Murofushi and Shibui superb at Japanese Championships]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-15.</ref> but did not achieve the entry standard needed for the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]].<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/the-xxix-olympic-games-beijing-china-824 2008 Olympic Athletics Standards]. IAAF. Retrieved 2011-06-02.</ref> An eighth consecutive Japanese title came in 2009,<ref>Nakamura, Ken (2009-06-29). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/sprinters-excel-at-the-japanese-champs Sprinters excel at the Japanese Champs] IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-15.</ref> She did not compete at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] that year, but won a silver at the [[2009 Asian Athletics Championships]] in November and a [[gold medal]] at the [[Athletics at the 2009 East Asian Games|2009 East Asian Games]] a month later.<ref>[http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/12790403.htm 2009 Asian Championships] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324201248/http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/12790403.htm|date=March 24, 2012}}. Tilastopaja. Retrieved 2011-06-02.</ref><ref>Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2009-12-13). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/east-asian-games-conclude East Asian Games conclude]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-15.</ref>


Following a ninth national title, she competed at the [[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]] and was the runner-up behind the reigning Asian champion [[Yuliya Tarasova]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58799.html Jamal captures 1500m title in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 3]. [[IAAF]] (2010-11-24). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.</ref>
Following a ninth national title, she competed at the [[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]] and was the runner-up behind the reigning Asian champion [[Yuliya Tarasova]].<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/jamal-captures-1500m-title-in-guangzhou-asi Jamal captures 1500m title in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 3]. IAAF (2010-11-24). Retrieved 2019-10-15.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 13:43, 17 February 2024

Yuki Nakata
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Heptathlon
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Guanzhou Heptathlon
Silver medal – second place 2003 Manila Heptathlon

Yuki Nakata (中田 有紀, Nakata Yuki, born 10 March 1977) is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the women's heptathlon. She represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics and has competed twice at the World Championships in Athletics. She was the silver medallist at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships and the 2010 Asian Games and has won the heptathlon at the East Asian Games and the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. With straight wins from 2002 to 2010, she is a nine time national champion and her best of 5962 points for the heptathlon is the national record for the event.

Biography

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Born in Shiga Prefecture,[1] her first international medal in the event came at the 1996 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, where she took the silver medal behind India's Soma Biswas.[2] She made her international debut two years later at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships, finishing ninth, and returned to the competition in 2000, improving to sixth place. That year she broke the Japanese national record in the heptathlon, recording 5642 points. She improved her best further in 2001 with a score of 5862 points and gained her first national title in 2002. Nakata was selected to represent Japan at the 2002 Asian Games as a result and she ended the competition in fifth place.[3]

The 2003 season saw her reach new heights as she retained her national heptathlon title with a Japanese record of 5910 points.[3] An international senior medal followed later that year at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships where she was runner-up to Kazakh athlete Irina Naumenko.[4] She won the inaugural gold medal in the women's pentathlon at the 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.[5] She was on top form at the Japanese Athletics Championships, winning a third straight title with another national record of 5962 points.[3] She became the first Japanese woman to enter the Olympic heptathlon at the 2004 Athens Games, but she did not match her performance from earlier that season and came 28th (last) with a total of 4871 points.[6]

After another win nationally in 2005, she made her debut at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.[3] She scored 5735 points for twentieth place, but was again in last place among all the heptathlon finishers.[7] She closed the year with a silver medal at the East Asian Games, finishing behind Wang Hailan of China.[8] Nakata had 4037 points in the pentathlon at the 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, but this was not enough for a medal.[9] She fared better outdoors, winning the heptathlon and coming fifth in the long jump at the Japanese nationals and going on to finish just behind bronze medalist J. J. Shobha at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.[3] Nakata repeated her national placings at the 2007 Japanese Championships and made her third global level appearance at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, held on home turf in Osaka. She finished the heptathlon competition with a score of 5869 points, which included a personal best of 2:17.61 minutes in the final 800 metres event.[10]

She won the 2008 Japanese heptathlon title,[11] but did not achieve the entry standard needed for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[12] An eighth consecutive Japanese title came in 2009,[13] She did not compete at the World Championships that year, but won a silver at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships in November and a gold medal at the 2009 East Asian Games a month later.[14][15]

Following a ninth national title, she competed at the 2010 Asian Games and was the runner-up behind the reigning Asian champion Yuliya Tarasova.[16]

References

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  1. ^ Yuki Nakata at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
  2. ^ 1996 Asian Junior Championships. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Nakata, Yuki" (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  4. ^ Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  5. ^ Asian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  6. ^ Athletics at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's Heptathlon. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  7. ^ 2005 World Championships - Women's Heptathlon Final Results Archived December 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  8. ^ East Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  9. ^ Nakata, Yuki. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  10. ^ 2007 World Championships - Women's Heptathlon Results Archived September 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  11. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2008-06-28). Murofushi and Shibui superb at Japanese Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  12. ^ 2008 Olympic Athletics Standards. IAAF. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  13. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2009-06-29). Sprinters excel at the Japanese Champs IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  14. ^ 2009 Asian Championships Archived March 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Tilastopaja. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  15. ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2009-12-13). East Asian Games conclude. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  16. ^ Jamal captures 1500m title in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 3. IAAF (2010-11-24). Retrieved 2019-10-15.
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