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Native name | 小平 奈緒 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chino, Nagano, Japan | 26 May 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nao Kodaira ( Japanese: 小平 奈緒; born 26 May 1986) is a Japanese former long track speed skater who specialised in the sprint distances.
She is the 2018 Olympic champion in the 500 m distance. Kodaira is the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating.
In 2009, she graduated from Shinshu University with a bachelor's degree in education.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won a silver medal in the team pursuit event. She placed 5th in the 1000 and the 1500 m events and 12th in the 500 m one at the Olympics. At the 2014–15 World Cup stop in Seoul, South Korea, on 21 November 2014, she won the 500 m event, and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the World Cup. At the 2015 World Single Distance Championships, she won the bronze medal in the 500 m event.
At the 2017 World Single Distance Championships, she became the first Japanese woman to win an individual single distance world title winning the women's 500 m event. [1] She won also silver medal in the 1000 m event at the Championships. At the 2017 World Sprint Championships, she won the women's competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU World Cup 500 m cup.
Kodaira took the top step also in every single ISU World Cup one in the 2017–18 season ahead of the Olympics. [2]
She is the current world record holder in the 2×500 metres and the sprint combination, [3] and the former world record holder in the 1000 metres [4] and the team sprint, as well as the current Olympic and Japanese record holder in the 500 metres. [5] [6]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and the silver medal in the women's 1000 m event respectively. In the former, she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37-second barrier at sea level, as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating. [7] In April 2022, Kodaira announced that she will retire from speed skating in October after a final race at the national single distances championship to be held in her hometown Nagano. [8]
Personal records [9] | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 m | 36.39 | 16 March 2019 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current Japanese record. [6] |
500 m (sea level) |
36.94 | 18 February 2018 | Gangneung Oval, Gangneung | Current sea-level world best, current Olympic record. [5] |
2×500 m | 73.55 | 26 February 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current world record. [10] |
1000 m | 1:11.77 | 9 March 2019 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
1500 m | 1:52.67 | 5 December 2021 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
3000 m | 4:21.53 | 22 October 2010 | M-Wave, Nagano | |
Team sprint | 1:26.62 | 22 November 2015 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
Sprint comb. | 146.390 | 25–26 February 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current world record. [3] |
World records [11] | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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1000 m | 1:12.09 | 10 December 2017 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | World record until beaten by Brittany Bowe on 9 March 2019. [4] |
Sprint comb. | 146.390 | 25–26 February 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current world record. [3] |
Olympic records | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 m | 36.94 | 18 February 2018 | Gangneung Oval, Gangneung | Current Olympic record. [5] |
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Native name | 小平 奈緒 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chino, Nagano, Japan | 26 May 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nao Kodaira ( Japanese: 小平 奈緒; born 26 May 1986) is a Japanese former long track speed skater who specialised in the sprint distances.
She is the 2018 Olympic champion in the 500 m distance. Kodaira is the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating.
In 2009, she graduated from Shinshu University with a bachelor's degree in education.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won a silver medal in the team pursuit event. She placed 5th in the 1000 and the 1500 m events and 12th in the 500 m one at the Olympics. At the 2014–15 World Cup stop in Seoul, South Korea, on 21 November 2014, she won the 500 m event, and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the World Cup. At the 2015 World Single Distance Championships, she won the bronze medal in the 500 m event.
At the 2017 World Single Distance Championships, she became the first Japanese woman to win an individual single distance world title winning the women's 500 m event. [1] She won also silver medal in the 1000 m event at the Championships. At the 2017 World Sprint Championships, she won the women's competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU World Cup 500 m cup.
Kodaira took the top step also in every single ISU World Cup one in the 2017–18 season ahead of the Olympics. [2]
She is the current world record holder in the 2×500 metres and the sprint combination, [3] and the former world record holder in the 1000 metres [4] and the team sprint, as well as the current Olympic and Japanese record holder in the 500 metres. [5] [6]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and the silver medal in the women's 1000 m event respectively. In the former, she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37-second barrier at sea level, as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating. [7] In April 2022, Kodaira announced that she will retire from speed skating in October after a final race at the national single distances championship to be held in her hometown Nagano. [8]
Personal records [9] | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 m | 36.39 | 16 March 2019 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current Japanese record. [6] |
500 m (sea level) |
36.94 | 18 February 2018 | Gangneung Oval, Gangneung | Current sea-level world best, current Olympic record. [5] |
2×500 m | 73.55 | 26 February 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current world record. [10] |
1000 m | 1:11.77 | 9 March 2019 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
1500 m | 1:52.67 | 5 December 2021 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
3000 m | 4:21.53 | 22 October 2010 | M-Wave, Nagano | |
Team sprint | 1:26.62 | 22 November 2015 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
Sprint comb. | 146.390 | 25–26 February 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current world record. [3] |
World records [11] | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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1000 m | 1:12.09 | 10 December 2017 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | World record until beaten by Brittany Bowe on 9 March 2019. [4] |
Sprint comb. | 146.390 | 25–26 February 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Current world record. [3] |
Olympic records | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 m | 36.94 | 18 February 2018 | Gangneung Oval, Gangneung | Current Olympic record. [5] |