Yumi Kajihara

Yumi Kajihara
OLY
In 2020
Personal information
Born (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)
Saitama, Japan
Team information
DisciplineTrack
Road
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's Track cycling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Omnium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Omnium
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team pursuit
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Izu Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2017 New Delhi Points race
Gold medal – first place 2017 New Delhi Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nilai Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nilai Madison
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nilai Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Jakarta Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2019 Jakarta Madison
Gold medal – first place 2020 Jincheon Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nilai Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nilai Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nilai Madison
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nilai Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2024 New Delhi Elimination
Gold medal – first place 2024 New Delhi Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2024 New Delhi Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2016 Izu Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2017 New Delhi Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Jakarta Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2017 New Delhi Road time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2017 New Delhi Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Jincheon Team pursuit

Yumi Kajihara (梶原 悠未, Kajihara Yūmi, born 10 April 1997) is a Japanese professional female road racing and track cyclist. She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[1] and won a silver medal in the women's omnium, becoming the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic medal in cycling.[2][3]

Career

As a junior, she competed on the road in the junior events at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships and 2014 UCI Road World Championships. She won the gold medal in the scratch and the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2016 Asian Cycling Championships.[4][5] She is the reigning world champion in Women's omnium, having won gold in 2020.[6]

Career results

Track

2016
Asian Track Championships
1st Scratch
2nd Team pursuit (with Kisato Nakamura, Sakura Tsukagoshi and Minami Uwano
Track Clubs ACC Cup
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Team sprint (With Takako Ishii)
2nd Scratch
1st Omnium, Japan Track Cup
2017
Asian Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points race
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Madison (with Kie Furuyama)
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points Race

Road

2014
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
Asian Road Championships
2nd Time trial
2nd Road race
2015
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
Asian Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
2016
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
2017
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
Asian Road Championships
3rd Time trial
5th Road race
2018
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
Panorama Guizhou International Women's Road Cycling Race
1st Stage 2, 4 & 5
1st Points classification
7th Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
2019
1st Overall The 60th Anniversary "Thai Cycling Association"
1st Stage 2
Asian Road Championships
2nd Under-23 Time trial
8th Road race
3rd Overall Tour of Thailand
4th Time trial, National Road Championships

References

  1. ^ "Six Japanese cyclists selected for Tokyo 2020". www.insidethegames.biz. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Olympics: Yumi Kajihara wins women's omnium track cycling silver for Japan". Mainichi Daily News. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Cycling Track KAJIHARA Yumi". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2016 Asia Cycling Championships: Entries list track cycling women" (PDF). cycling-championships.asi. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Yumi Kajihara". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Kajihara wins dramatic omnium at World Track Cycling". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.


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