Saori Imai

Saori Imai
	Imai (third from left) at the 2012 Japan Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	22 August 1990 (age 31); Tatsuno, Nagano, Japan
Alma mater	Shigakkan University
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres; 200 metres
Retired	2018
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 11.64 (2010); 200 m: 23.68 (2010)
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Women's athletics
Representing Japan
Asian Championships

Saori Imai (今井沙緒里, Imai Saori, born 22 August 1990 in Tatsuno, Nagano) is a Japanese retired track and field sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2011 World Championships.^[3] She also won a bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Championships in the 200 metres and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay.^[4]

Personal bests[]

Event	Time (s)	Competition	Venue	Date
100 m	11.64 (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Tokai Region Championships	Matsumoto, Japan	29 August 2010
200 m	23.68 (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Tokai Region Championships	Matsumoto, Japan	28 August 2010

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time (s)
Representing Japan
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	3rd	200 m	24.06 (wind: -2.2 m/s)
	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	1st	4×100 m relay	44.05 (relay leg: 4th)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	10th (h)	4×100 m relay	43.83 (relay leg: 4th)
2017	DécaNation	Angers, France	4th	200 m	24.60 (wind: +0.1 m/s)

Year	Competition	Venue	Event	Time (s)
Representing
2008	National High School Championships	Kumagaya, Saitama	200 m	24.35
2008	National Junior Championships	Tottori, Tottori	200 m	24.14 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
Representing Shigakkan University
2009	National University Championships	Shinjuku, Tokyo	200 m	24.06 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2009	National Junior Championships	Kōfu, Yamanashi	200 m	24.00 (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2010	National University Championships	Shinjuku, Tokyo	4×100 m relay	45.45 (relay leg: 4th)
2011	National University Individual Championships	Hiratsuka, kanagawa	100 m	11.80 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
	National University Individual Championships	Hiratsuka, kanagawa	200 m	23.77 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
	National University Championships	Kumamoto, Kumamoto	100 m	11.73 (wind: +2.6 m/s)
	National University Championships	Kumamoto, Kumamoto	4×100 m relay	45.84 (relay leg: 4th)

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "陸上女子短距離の今井選手が引退　飯田病院　世界選手権に出場". (in Japanese). 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ "4x100 Metres Relay Women - Round 1 − Results" (PDF). World Athletics. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ "Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

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