Sumire Kita
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| Full name | Sumire Kita | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 January 2001 Kagawa Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2013 - present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kagawa Nittyu Marugame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Oka Kurumi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Yu Liu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sumire Kita (Japanese: 喜田 純鈴; born 11 January 2001 in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Asian Junior all-around champion and two-time Japanese National Junior champion.
Career
In 2013, Kita debuted at the Japan National Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she became the youngest ever to take 2nd place.[1] Kita is coached by Yu Liu, a former Chinese rhythmic gymnast who came to Japan to study and met Kita at her small gymnastics studio in Kagawa Prefecture, recognizing a gymnast with great potential.[2]
Kita competed at the 2014 Aeon Cup. In 2015, she competed at the Junior Grand Prix in Moscow and numerous Junior World Cup events in Lisbon, Corbeil-Essonnes and Budapest. Kita also finished 5th in the junior all-around at the 2015 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
Kita won her first Junior World Cup medal at the 2016 Guadaljara Junior World Cup, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals: taking bronze in clubs, finished 5th in hoop and 6th in ball. At the 2016 Asian Junior Championships in Astana, Kita won gold medals in the all-around, rope, clubs and bronze medals in hoop, ball, team.[3]
References
- ^ "All Japanese 'Chacott-Championships 2013". Gymmedia. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Aiming for Tokyo Gold". NHK World. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Final Events of the Asian Junior Championships in Kazakhstan 2016". Asian Gymnastics Union.
External links
- Sumire Kita at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
- Sumire Kita on Instagram
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