Ayaka Kikuchi (speed skater)

Ayaka Kikuchi (菊池 彩花, Kikuchi Ayaka, born 28 June 1987) is a Japanese speed skater.

Ayaka Kikuchi
Kikuchi (right) at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born (1987-06-28) 28 June 1987
Japan
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSpeed skating

Biography

Kikuchi won bronze at the 2011 Asian Speed Skating Championships and silver at the 2012 Asian Speed Skating Championships. With these results she qualified for the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in both 2011 (finished 22nd) and 2012 (finished 19th).

In the 2014 Winter Olympics Kikuchi participated in the 1500 meters, finishing 31st, and was part of the women's team pursuit, who finished fourth.

In 2015 Ayaka Kikuchi became a world champion, when in the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships she won the gold medal in the team pursuit where she participated together with the sisters Miho and Nana Takagi.

In 2018, Kikuchi was part of the Japanese team that won the Olympics women team pursuit gold medal.[1]

Personal records

DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m39.807 January 2012Alau Ice Palace, Astana
1000 m1:19.1027 December 2011Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, Obihiro
1500 m1:54.1221 November 2015Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m4:11.8612 February 2011Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m7:13.6918 February 2011Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

Honours

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