Hitomi Hatakeda

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Hitomi Hatakeda
Country represented Japan
Born (2000-09-01) September 1, 2000 (age 21)
Tokyo
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
ClubCentral Meguro
Head coach(es)Hikaru Tanaka
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Medal record
Representing  Japan
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples Uneven Bars
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples Balance Beam

Hitomi Hatakeda (畠田 瞳, Hatakeda Hitomi, born (2000-09-01)1 September 2000)[1] is a Japanese female artistic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games.[2] She is best known for winning four gold medals at the 2019 Summer Universiade[3][4] and an all-around bronze medal at the 2020 American Cup.[5]

Career[]

Hatakeda began gymnastics at age eight because her parents encouraged her to try the sport. Her parents were both gymnasts and her younger sister, Chiaki, is also an elite gymnast.[1][6] Her father Yoshiaki Hatakeda is an Olympic bronze medalist in gymnastics, winning team bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.[1][6][7] Her mother Yukiko is Hatakeda's personal coach.[6]

Hatakeda joined Japan's national team in 2017, and made her international senior debut that same year.[1]

2018[]

In 2018, she competed at the Birmingham World Cup, finishing fifth all-around with a score of 51.133.[1] She also competed at the Doha World Championships as a member of the Japanese team which included Mai Murakami, Nagi Kajita, Aiko Sugihara and Asuka Teramoto.[8] The team finished sixth in the team final[1] with a score of 160.262.[8] Individually Hatakeda competed on uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and in the all-around, but did not qualify to any event finals. Her rank in qualifications was 16th in the all-around with a score of 52.932, 22nd on uneven bars (13.800), 19th on balance beam (13.133), and 62nd on floor exercise (12.466).[1][8]

2019[]

At the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Hatakeda competed for Japan alongside teammates Asuka Teramoto and Aiko Sugihara. She won gold on uneven bars and balance beam, as well as all-around and team gold.[3] In the all-around she finished ahead of Russians Uliana Perebinosova and Lilia Akhaimova; on uneven bars she shared the podium with silver medalist Tatiana Nabieva from Russia and her own teammate, bronze medalist Asuka Teramoto; on balance beam she surpassed Italy's Lara Mori and Russia's Perebinosova.[9]

Hatakeda competed at the 2019 Stuttgart World Championships, finishing 11th in team qualifications.[1] Individually she qualified to the all-around final, finishing 17th in the final with a score of 53.932.[1] She did not qualify to any event finals. Her best finish in event qualifications was 24th on balance beam with a score of 12.966. She ranked 37th on uneven bars (13.377) and 67th on floor exercise (12.500).[1]

2020[]

Hatakeda won all-around bronze on 7 March 2020 at the American Cup with a score of 53.799, finishing behind Americans Morgan Hurd and Kayla DiCello.[5] She had the second-best score on uneven bars, after Hurd.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "HATAKEDA Hitomi - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Archived from the original on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  2. ^ JAYA, PETALING (July 9, 2019). "Medal eludes Farah but result still her best at Games". The Star Online. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Medals". Napoli 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  4. ^ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique". www.gymnastics.sport. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "U.S.'s Hurd wins all-around at American Cup". ESPN.com. 2020-03-07. Archived from the original on 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Hitomi Hatakeda seeks family inspiration". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  7. ^ "Yoshiaki HATAKEDA". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Worlds Artistic Results 2018" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-23.
  9. ^ "Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade Artistic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-06-14.
  10. ^ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique". www.gymnastics.sport. Archived from the original on 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
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