Kajita Nagi

Kajita Nagi (梶田渚, born (2000-10-15)15 October 2000) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships.^[1] She is the 2016 Pacific Rim bronze medalist in the all-around and on the uneven bars.

Kajita Nagi
Country represented	Japan
Born	(2000-10-15) 15 October 2000 (age 23) Yamanashi, Japan
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	Chukyo University
Head coach(es)	Hikaru Tanaka, Yasutaka Ito, Shuji Sakamoto
Medal record Pacific Rim Championships 2016 Everett All-Around 2016 Everett Uneven Bars

Career

Junior

Kajita made her international debut at the 2014 WOGA Classic and placed eighth in the all-around with a score of 51.850.^[2] She placed sixth on the floor exercise at the 2014 All-Japan Event Championships.^[3]

In 2015, Kajita competed again at the WOGA Classic where she won the silver medal in the all-around behind American Elena Arenas.^[4] She placed seventh on the uneven bars at the Japanese Event Championships.^[5] At the Junior Japan International in Yokohama, she finished fourth on the uneven bars with a score of 13.666.^[6]

Senior

2016-2017

Kajita made her senior international debut at the 2016 WOGA Classic where she won the all-around gold medal with a total score of 55.650.^[7] At the International Gymnix in Montreal, she tied for the bronze medal on the balance beam with Eythora Thorsdottir.^[8] She placed fourteenth in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships.^[9] She competed at the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships with Kiko Kuwajima, Mana Oguchi, Soyoka Hanawa, and Natsumi Hanashima, and they placed fourth behind the United States, Canada, and Australia.^[10] Individually, Kajita won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Simone Biles and Aly Raisman.^[11] In the event finals, she placed eighth on the uneven bars and fourth on the floor exercise, and she won the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Ragan Smith and Raisman.^[12] At the NHK Trophy, she placed ninth in the all-around.^[13]

Kajita competed at the 2017 WOGA Classic and tied for third in the all-around with Natsumi Hanashima.^[14] She also placed third in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships behind Mai Murakami and Aiko Sugihara.^[15]

2018-2019

At the 2018 Stuttgart World Cup, Kajita placed seventh in the all-around.^[16] Then at the Doha World Cup, she placed seventh on the uneven bars, sixth on the balance beam, and eighth on the floor exercise.^[17] She won the bronze medal on the uneven bars and the floor exercise at the All-Japan Event Championships.^[18] She was selected to compete at the 2018 World Championships alongside Hitomi Hatakeda, Mai Murakami, Aiko Sugihara, and Asuka Teramoto. They finished sixth in the qualification round and qualified for the team final where they once again finished sixth.^[19][20] She then competed at the Cottbus World Cup, but she did not qualify for any event finals.^[21]

At the 2019 WOGA Classic, Kajita tied for the silver medal in the all-around with Sloane Blakely.^[22] She then competed at the Birmingham World Cup where she finished eighth in the all-around.^[23] She finished seventh in the all-around at the 2019 NHK Trophy and was then named to the 2019 World Championships team.^[24] She tied for the all-around gold medal with Yuki Uchiyama at the All-Japan Student Championships.^[25] At the 2019 World Championships, the Japanese team of Kajita, Hitomi Hatakeda, Akari Matsumura, Aiko Sugihara, and Asuka Teramoto placed eleventh and qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.^[26][27]

References

1. "KAJITA Nagi". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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3. Hopkins, Lauren (6 July 2014). "2014 All-Japan Event Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
4. Hopkins, Lauren (14 February 2015). "2015 WOGA Classic Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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6. "2015 International Junior Gymnastics Competition Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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8. "L'International Gymnix 2016 - Finales" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnix 2016. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
9. Hopkins, Lauren (1 April 2016). "2016 All-Japan Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
10. "2016 Pacific Rim Championships Team Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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16. Hopkins, Lauren (18 March 2018). "2018 Stuttgart World Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
17. Hopkins, Lauren (23 March 2018). "2018 Doha World Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
18. Hopkins, Lauren (8 July 2018). "2018 All-Japan Event Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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21. "43rd Turnier der Meister Cottbus (GER) 2018 Nov 22-25". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
22. Hopkins, Lauren (11 February 2019). "2019 WOGA Classic Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
23. "ALL-AROUND RESULTS 23/03/19 2019 Gymnastics World Cup Resorts World Arena, Birmingham Womens Competition" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. British Gymnastics. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
24. "Asuka Teramoto wins NHK Cup women's title for third time". The Japan Times. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
25. Hopkins, Lauren (23 August 2019). "2019 All-Japan Student Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
26. "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Women's Team Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
27. Hopkins, Lauren (7 October 2019). "Who Qualified to Tokyo?". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 April 2021.