Sayaka Aoki (athlete)

Japanese sprinter and hurdler

Sayaka Aoki

in India in 2017

Personal information
Native name| 青木 沙弥佳
Nationality| Japanese
Born|  (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 38)
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Height| 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight| 49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Sport| Athletics
Event| 4 × 400 metres relay
College team| Fukushima University
Achievements and titles
Personal best| 400 m: 53.40 s (2007)

Medal record

Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
| 2007 Amman | 4×400 m

Sayaka Aoki (青木 沙弥佳, Aoki Sayaka, born 15 December 1986 in Gifu Prefecture) is a Japanese track and field sprinter and hurdler, who specializes in the 400 metres sprint and 400 metres hurdles. She competed for her country as part of the Japanese women's 4 × 400 metres relay team at the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the World Championships in Athletics three times (2007, 2009, 2015). She has been a four-time medallist in the relay at the Asian Athletics Championships (2007, 2011, 2013, 2017), including a gold medal in 2011. She won her first major international medal in the hurdles – a bronze – at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships.

Aoki competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Mayu Kida, Satomi Kubokura, and Asami Tanno. She ran on the anchor leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 52.64 seconds. Aoki and her team finished the relay in last place for a seasonal best time of 3:30.52, failing to advance into the final.[1]

Born in Gifu Prefecture, she attended Fukushima University and represented her country as a student-athlete at the 2007 Universiade.[2]

## International competitions

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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Representing  Japan
2007  | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 5th  | 400 m hurdles  | 59.55
2nd  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:33.82
Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 12th (h)  | 400 m hurdles  | 58.80
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 11th (h)  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:30.17
2008  | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 15th (h)  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:30.52
2009  | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 38th (h)  | 400 m hurdles  | 63.56
14th (h)  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:34.46
Asian Championships | Guangzhou, China | 7th  | 400 m hurdles  | 62.21
2010  | Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 4th  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:31.81
2011  | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | 4th  | 400 m  | 54.15
1st  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:35.00
2013  | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 3rd  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:35.72
East Asian Games | Tianjin, China | 2nd  | 400 m hurdles  | 58.06
2nd  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:40.55
2015  | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd (B)  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:34.65
Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 6th  | 400 m  | 54.61
4th  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:35.93
World Championships | Beijing, China | 13th (h)  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:28.91
2017  | Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 3rd  | 400 m hurdles  | 58.18
3rd  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:37.74
2019  | Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar | 10th (h)  | 400 m hurdles  | 59.43

## References

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1. ^ "Women's 4×400m Relay Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sayaka Aoki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

## External links

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* Sayaka Aoki at World Athletics
* Sayaka Aoki at the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (in Japanese)
* Sayaka Aoki at Olympics.com
* Sayaka Aoki at Olympedia
* NBC 2008 Olympics profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 August 2012)

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Japan Championships in Athletics women's 400 metres champions

* 1934: Kikumi Morita
* 1935–36: Kiyoko Itoda
* 1962: Takako Hayashi
* 1963: Gerda Kraan (NED)
* 1964: Katora Hirayama
* 1965: Kiyoko Ogawa
* 1966: Yoko Miyamoto
* 1967: Yoko Uchiyama
* 1968: Yoko Miyamoto
* 1969: Yasuyo Mishima
* 1970–72: Nobuko Kono
* 1973–74: Mutsuko Otsuka
* 1975–76: Keiko Nagasawa
* 1977: Tomoko Maeda
* 1978–79: Keiko Nagasawa
* 1980: Mayumi Kubota
* 1981: Mayumi Kubota & Izumi Takahata
* 1982: Junko Yoshida
* 1983: Hiromi Isozaki
* 1984: Junko Yoshida
* 1985: Fumiko Ono
* 1986: Hitomi Koshimoto
* 1987: Hiromi Isozaki
* 1988: Kasumi Yamaji
* 1989–90: Kazue Kubota
* 1991: Claudine Williams (JAM)
* 1992–93: Ai Ota
* 1994: Keiko Amano
* 1995: Kazue Kakinuma
* 1996: Makiko Yamada
* 1997: Kozue Shibata
* 1998: Satomi Kasashima
* 1999–2001: Kazue Kakinuma
* 2002–03: Makiko Yoshida
* 2004–05: Asami Chiba
* 2006: Satomi Kubokura
* 2007–09: Asami Chiba
* 2010: Chichi Tanaka
* 2011: Miho Shingu
* 2012: Mayu Kida
* 2013: Haruka Sugiura
* 2014: Nanako Matsumoto
* 2015: Sayaka Aoki
* 2016: Seika Aoyama
* 2017: Yuna Iwata
* 2018: Akinatsu Kawada
* 2019–20: Seika Aoyama
* 2021: Mayu Kobayashi
* 2022: Nanako Matsumoto
* 2023: Haruna Kuboyama
* 2024: Nanako Matsumoto

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Japan Championships in Athletics women's 400 metres hurdles champions

* 1979–81: Yumiko Aoi
* 1982: Chizuko Akimoto
* 1983–84: Yoko Sato
* 1985: Reiko Yamamoto
* 1986: Yoko Sato
* 1987–88: Hitomi Koshimoto
* 1989: Nozomi Higashida
* 1990: Cristieana Cojocaru (ROM)
* 1991: Nicoleta Căruțașu (ROM)
* 1992–93: Yukiko Yamagata
* 1994: Sahoko Shiroto
* 1995: Mika Sasaki
* 1996: Yukiko Yamagata
* 1997–98: Mika Sasaki
* 1999: Yasuko Inokari
* 2000–04: Makiko Yoshida
* 2005: Rika Sakurai
* 2006: Makiko Yoshida
* 2007–14: Satomi Kubokura
* 2015: Manami Kira
* 2016: Satomi Kubokura
* 2017: Sayaka Aoki
* 2018: Eri Utsunomiya
* 2019: Akiko Ito
* 2020: Ayesha Ibrahim
* 2021: Ami Yamamoto
* 2022: Ami Yamamoto
* 2023: Ami Yamamoto
* 2024: Ami Yamamoto

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