Sayaka Aoki
in India in 2017
Personal information
Native name青木 沙弥佳
NationalityJapanese
Born (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event4 × 400 metres relay
College teamFukushima University
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 m: 53.40 s (2007)

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

  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.


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