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Ai Ueda
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 Ueda at the World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbühel, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 October 1983[1] Kyoto, Japan[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Hideki Yamane | |||||||||||||||||
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Ai Ueda (Japanese: 上田藍, born 26 October 1983 in Kyoto) is a Japanese triathlete. She is the winner of the 2005 and 2008 Asian Triathlon Championship and the winner of the 2013 ITU Duathlon World Championships.[2] She has represented Japan in triathlon in both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]Ai Ueda moved to Chiba after finishing high school to dedicate herself completely to triathlon. In the same year she won the Junior Asian Championships and in 2003 she became an Elite triathlete.
In the 2008 Summer Olympics, Ai Ueda took 17th in women's triathlon. In the 2012 Summer Olympics she placed 39th.[3]
ITU competitions
[edit]In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, Ueda took part in 88 ITU competitions and achieved 29 top ten positions, among which 12 gold medals. In the World Championship Rankings 2010 Ai Ueda is number 31 of the world's best female elite triathletes.[4] Unless indicated otherwise, all competitions are triathlons (Olympic distance) and belong to the "Elite" category.
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Athlete Biography". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Ai Ueda Wins Duathlon World Championship". triathlete.com. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ai Ueda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Results for: Ueda, Ai (JPN)". International Triathlon Union. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
External links
[edit]- Ai Ueda at Olympedia
- Official homepage (in Japanese) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-07-24)
- Ai Ueda English site at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 May 2010)
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