Saori Kitakaze

Saori Kitakaze
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born3 April 1985 (1985-04-03) (age 39)
Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height1.51 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event100 metres
University teamHokusho University
Retired2016
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 11.42 (Hiroshima 2008)
200 m: 24.55 (Sapporo 2007)
60 m: 7.52 (Tehran 2004)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Amman 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Pune 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2015 Wuhan 4×100 m relay
Asian Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Tehran 60 m
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Macau 4×100 m relay

Saori Kitakaze (北風 沙織, Kitakaze Saori, born April 3, 1985 in Kushiro)[1] is a Japanese track and field sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres. She is the joint Japanese record holder in the 4×100 m relay, having run a time of 43.39 seconds alongside Momoko Takahashi, Chisato Fukushima and Kana Ichikawa at the 2011 Seiko Golden Grand Prix.[2]

He first international competitions came in 2004, when she took the bronze medal over 60 metres at the 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and reached the 100 m semi-finals at that year's World Junior Championships in Athletics. The following year she came fourth at the 2005 East Asian Games before helping the Japanese women to the 4×100 m relay title.[3]

An appearance on the continental stage followed at the 2006 Asian Games (where she was seventh in the 100 m final) and a relay silver medal came at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships. Kitakaze earned her first global level selection for Japan that year, but her relay team was disqualified in the preliminary rounds of the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.[3]

Personal bests

Event Time Wind Venue Date
Outdoor
100 m 11.42 s +1.7 m/s Hiroshima, Japan 29 April 2008
200 m 24.55 s -0.6 m/s Sapporo, Japan 27 May 2007
Indoor
60 m 7.52 s Teheran, Iran 6 February 2004

Records

  • 4×100 m relay
    • Current Japanese record holder - 43.39 s (relay leg:1st) (Kawasaki, 8 May 2011)[a]
a with Momoko Takahashi, Chisato Fukushima, and Kana Ichikawa

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Japan
2004 Asian Indoor Championships Tehran, Iran 3rd 60 m 7.52
World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 20th (sf) 100 m 12.00 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
20th (h) 4×100 m relay 45.80 (relay leg: 4th) NJR
2005 East Asian Games Macau, China 4th 100 m 12.02 (wind: -1.3 m/s)
1st 4×100 m relay 44.88 (relay leg: 1st)
2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar 7th 100 m 11.94 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
2007 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 8th 100 m 11.76 (wind: +3.1 m/s)
2nd 4×100 m relay 45.06 (relay leg: 4th)
World Championships Osaka, Japan – (h) 4×100 m relay DQ (relay leg: 1st)
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 2nd 4×100 m relay 44.38 (relay leg: 1st)
2014 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 18th (h) 4×100 m relay 44.66 (relay leg: 1st)
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 2nd 4×100 m relay 44.14 (relay leg: 1st)

National Championship

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2004 Japan Championships Tottori, Tottori 8th 100 m 11.92 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
2005 Japan Championships Tokyo 6th (sf) 100 m 11.93 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2006 Japan Championships Kobe, Hyōgo 5th 100 m 11.97 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
2007 Japan Championships Osaka, Osaka 2nd 100 m 11.66 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2008 Japan Championships Kawasaki, Kanagawa 6th 100 m 11.90 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2009 Japan Championships Hiroshima, Hiroshima – (sf) 100 m DNS[4]
2010 Japan Championships Marugame, Kagawa 6th 100 m 11.76 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
2011 Japan Championships Kumagaya, Saitama 7th 100 m 11.88 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
2012 Japan Championships Osaka, Osaka 11th (h) 100 m 11.81 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2013 Japan Championships Chōfu, Tokyo 3rd 100 m 11.74 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2014 Japan Championships Fukushima, Fukushima 9th (h) 100 m 11.92 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
2015 Japan Championships Niigata, Niigata 8th 100 m 12.00 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2016 Japan Championships Nagoya, Aichi 16th (h) 100 m 12.18 (wind: -1.7 m/s)

References

  1. ^ まんまる新聞: がんばれ！北風沙織さん
  2. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2011-05-08). Pars defeats Murofushi, Japanese women's 4x100m Relay record falls in Kawasaki - IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-13.
  3. ^ a b 選手名鑑｜日本陸上競技連盟 (in Japanese). JAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  4. ^ 11th (h) / 11.84 (wind: +2.1 m/s)


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