Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | [1] | August 22, 1991
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) [2] |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Japan |
Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Club | Metropolitan Police Department [3] |
Coached by | Shoji Kurousu (club) Hiroshi Miyagahara (national) [3] |
Natsumi Tomonaga (朝長 なつ美, Tomonaga Natsumi, born August 22, 1991) is a Japanese modern pentathlete.
Natsumi Tomonaga was born on August 22, 1991, in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. [4]
She studied at Kawagoe Minami High School. [5]
After graduating from high school in 2011, Natsumi decided to follow in her parents' footsteps, who were both police officers, and joined the Metropolitan Police Academy. [6]
Natsumi practiced both swimming and athletics and was a keen athlete, but it was after her breaking the academy's female record for running 1500 meters in 4 minutes and 55 seconds, that Natsumi was scouted for Modern Pentathlon and began training professionally in 2012. [7] [8] A mere two years, later, Natsumi won the 54th Modern Pentathlon All Japan Championship. [6] The same year, 2014, she was selected as a member of the Japanese national team. [9] [3]
In 2016, with only four years of experience, Natsumi represented Japan at the 2016 Rio Olympics and ranked 13th in women's modern pentathlon, the third highest for a Japanese athlete. [2] [8] Shortly after the Olympics, Natsumi's rank was moved up from 13th to 12th due to the disqualification of a top player. [6]
At the 2016 World Cup she placed 6th, and in 2017, she placed 4th, renewing the highest ranking for a Japanese athlete. [8]
Natsumi continues to compete professionally, finishing 5th in the 2018 Asian Games organized in Jakarta-Palembang [10] and second in the 2019 UIPM 2019 Asia/Oceania Championships. [11]
In 2020, Natsumi qualified to represent Japan once again at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. [12] The same year, on December 24, she married one of her colleagues, changing her last name from Tomonaga to Takamiya. [13]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | [1] | August 22, 1991
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) [2] |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Japan |
Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Club | Metropolitan Police Department [3] |
Coached by | Shoji Kurousu (club) Hiroshi Miyagahara (national) [3] |
Natsumi Tomonaga (朝長 なつ美, Tomonaga Natsumi, born August 22, 1991) is a Japanese modern pentathlete.
Natsumi Tomonaga was born on August 22, 1991, in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. [4]
She studied at Kawagoe Minami High School. [5]
After graduating from high school in 2011, Natsumi decided to follow in her parents' footsteps, who were both police officers, and joined the Metropolitan Police Academy. [6]
Natsumi practiced both swimming and athletics and was a keen athlete, but it was after her breaking the academy's female record for running 1500 meters in 4 minutes and 55 seconds, that Natsumi was scouted for Modern Pentathlon and began training professionally in 2012. [7] [8] A mere two years, later, Natsumi won the 54th Modern Pentathlon All Japan Championship. [6] The same year, 2014, she was selected as a member of the Japanese national team. [9] [3]
In 2016, with only four years of experience, Natsumi represented Japan at the 2016 Rio Olympics and ranked 13th in women's modern pentathlon, the third highest for a Japanese athlete. [2] [8] Shortly after the Olympics, Natsumi's rank was moved up from 13th to 12th due to the disqualification of a top player. [6]
At the 2016 World Cup she placed 6th, and in 2017, she placed 4th, renewing the highest ranking for a Japanese athlete. [8]
Natsumi continues to compete professionally, finishing 5th in the 2018 Asian Games organized in Jakarta-Palembang [10] and second in the 2019 UIPM 2019 Asia/Oceania Championships. [11]
In 2020, Natsumi qualified to represent Japan once again at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. [12] The same year, on December 24, she married one of her colleagues, changing her last name from Tomonaga to Takamiya. [13]