Satomi Wadami

Satomi Wadami
Personal information
Full nameSatomi Wadami
Born (1987-05-26) 26 May 1987 (age 37)
Hokuei, Tottori, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad, track
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Women's road cycling
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Time trial
Women's track cycling
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok Pursuit

Satomi Wadami (和田見 里美, Wadami Satomi, born May 26, 1987 in Hokuei, Tottori) is a Japanese amateur road and track cyclist.[1] She won three bronze medals in women's road time trial, individual pursuit, and points race at the Asian Championships (2006 and 2007), and later represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Wadami qualified for the Japanese squad in the women's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by claiming a gold medal and receiving a berth from the UCI "B" World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa.[2][3] Wadami did not finish the grueling 25-km Olympic sprint race in a field of twenty-two cyclists, after she suddenly crashed and fell off the track, leaving her distraught and injured.[4][5][6]

Career highlights

2006
1st place, gold medalist(s) Asian Championships (ITT), Kuala Lumpur (MAS)
2nd Overall, Tour de Okinawa, Japan
3rd Japanese Championships (Road), Japan
2007
1st place, gold medalist(s) UCI B World Championships (Points race), Cape Town (RSA)
1st place, gold medalist(s) UCI B World Championships (Scratch), Cape Town (RSA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) UCI B World Championships (Pursuit), Cape Town (RSA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) UCI B World Championships (Keirin), Cape Town (RSA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Asian Championships (Points race), Bangkok (THA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Asian Championships (Pursuit), Bangkok (THA)

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Satomi Wadami". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ^ Wilsnagh, Derek (28 June 2007). "Gold tinting for Joanne's Olympic jol". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. ^ Wilsnagh, Derek (27 June 2007). "SA strikes gold, bronze in world cyle event". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Women's Points Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  5. ^ "USA's Hammer crashes out of cycling points race". USA Today. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Britain wins men's team pursuit gold". The Hindu. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2013.


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