At the 2017 World Single Distance Championships, she became the first Japanese woman to win an individual single distance world title winning the women's 500 m event.[1] She won also silver medal in the 1000 m event at the Championships. At the 2017 World Sprint Championships, she won the women's competition. In the season, she became overall winner of ISU World Cup 500 m cup.
Kodaira took the top step also in every single ISU World Cup one in the 2017–18 season ahead of the Olympics.[2]
She is the current world record holder in the 2×500 metres and the sprint combination,[3] and the former world record holder in the 1000 metres[4] and the team sprint, as well as the current Olympic and Japanese record holder in the 500 metres.[5][6]
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kodaira won gold medal in the women's 500 m event and the silver medal in the women's 1000 m event respectively. In the former, she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37-second barrier at sea level, as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating.[7] In April 2022, Kodaira announced that she will retire from speed skating in October after a final race at the national single distances championship to be held in her hometown Nagano.[8]
kodaira, japanese, 小平, 奈緒, born, 1986, japanese, former, long, track, speed, skater, specialised, sprint, distances, kodaira, during, 2018, olympicspersonal, informationnative, name小平, 奈緒nationalityjapaneseborn, 1986, 1986, chino, nagano, japanheight1, weight6. Nao Kodaira Japanese 小平 奈緒 born 26 May 1986 is a Japanese former long track speed skater who specialised in the sprint distances Nao KodairaKodaira during the 2018 OlympicsPersonal informationNative name小平 奈緒NationalityJapaneseBorn 1986 05 26 26 May 1986 age 37 Chino Nagano JapanHeight1 65 m 5 ft 5 in Weight61 kg 134 lb SportCountryJapanSportSpeed skatingEvent s 500 m 1000 m 1500 mRetired2022Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m 2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit World Single Distances Championships 2017 Gangneung 500 m 2020 Salt Lake City 500 m 2017 Gangneung 1000 m 2019 Inzell 500 m 2015 Heerenveen 500 m 2019 Inzell 1000 m World Sprint Championships 2017 Calgary Sprint 2019 Heerenveen Sprint 2020 Hamar Sprint Asian Winter Games 2017 Sapporo 500 m 2017 Sapporo 1000 m 2011 Astana Almaty 1500 m Winter Universiade 2009 Harbin 1500m 2007 Turin 1000m 2009 Harbin 1000m She is the 2018 Olympic champion in the 500 m distance Kodaira is the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating In 2009 she graduated from Shinshu University with a bachelor s degree in education Contents 1 Career 2 Records 2 1 Personal records 2 2 World records 2 3 Olympic records 3 References 4 External linksCareer editAt the 2010 Winter Olympics she won a silver medal in the team pursuit event She placed 5th in the 1000 and the 1500 m events and 12th in the 500 m one at the Olympics At the 2014 15 World Cup stop in Seoul South Korea on 21 November 2014 she won the 500 m event and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the World Cup At the 2015 World Single Distance Championships she won the bronze medal in the 500 m event At the 2017 World Single Distance Championships she became the first Japanese woman to win an individual single distance world title winning the women s 500 m event 1 She won also silver medal in the 1000 m event at the Championships At the 2017 World Sprint Championships she won the women s competition In the season she became overall winner of ISU World Cup 500 m cup Kodaira took the top step also in every single ISU World Cup one in the 2017 18 season ahead of the Olympics 2 She is the current world record holder in the 2 500 metres and the sprint combination 3 and the former world record holder in the 1000 metres 4 and the team sprint as well as the current Olympic and Japanese record holder in the 500 metres 5 6 At the 2018 Winter Olympics Kodaira won gold medal in the women s 500 m event and the silver medal in the women s 1000 m event respectively In the former she also set an Olympic record and became the first woman to break the 37 second barrier at sea level as well as the first female Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating 7 In April 2022 Kodaira announced that she will retire from speed skating in October after a final race at the national single distances championship to be held in her hometown Nagano 8 Records editPersonal records edit Personal records 9 Speed skating Event Result Date Location Notes 500 m 36 39 16 March 2019 Olympic Oval Calgary Current Japanese record 6 500 m sea level 36 94 18 February 2018 Gangneung Oval Gangneung Current sea level world best current Olympic record 5 2 500 m 73 55 26 February 2017 Olympic Oval Calgary Current world record 10 1000 m 1 11 77 9 March 2019 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City 1500 m 1 52 67 5 December 2021 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City 3000 m 4 21 53 22 October 2010 M Wave Nagano Team sprint 1 26 62 22 November 2015 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City Sprint comb 146 390 25 26 February 2017 Olympic Oval Calgary Current world record 3 World records edit World records 11 Speed skating Event Result Date Location Notes 1000 m 1 12 09 10 December 2017 Utah Olympic Oval Salt Lake City World record until beaten by Brittany Bowe on 9 March 2019 4 Sprint comb 146 390 25 26 February 2017 Olympic Oval Calgary Current world record 3 Olympic records edit Olympic records Speed skating Event Result Date Location Notes 500 m 36 94 18 February 2018 Gangneung Oval Gangneung Current Olympic record 5 References edit Kodaira captures women s 500 meter title at world championships Japan Times 10 February 2017 Retrieved 10 February 2017 ISU RESULTS isuresults eu Archived from the original on 22 December 2017 Retrieved 20 February 2018 a b c Evolution of the world record Sprint combination Women speedskatingstats com Retrieved 28 April 2017 a b Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women speedskatingstats com Retrieved 11 March 2019 a b c Olympic Records SpeedskatingResults com Retrieved 11 March 2019 a b National Records Japan JPN speedskatingresults com Retrieved 11 March 2019 Harris Beth 18 February 2018 Japan s Nao Kodaira wins 500 meter speedskating gold over South Korea s Lee Sang hwa Chicago Tribune Japan s Olympic champion Kodaira to retire Reuters 12 April 2022 Retrieved 12 April 2022 Nao Kodaira speedskatingresults com Retrieved 7 April 2024 Speed Skating Records Historical World Record 2 x 500m Ladies ISU 26 February 2017 Retrieved 25 September 2017 Nao Kodaira speedskatingstats com Retrieved 11 March 2019 External links editNao Kodaira at the International Skating Union Nao Kodaira in SpeedSkatingBase eu archived nbsp Nao Kodaira at SpeedSkatingNews info nbsp Nao Kodaira at SpeedSkatingStats com nbsp Nao Kodaira at Olympics com nbsp Nao Kodaira at Olympedia nbsp Records Preceded by nbsp Heather Bergsma Women s sprint combination speed skating world record26 February 2017 present Succeeded byCurrent holder Preceded by nbsp Brittany Bowe Women s 1000 m speed skating world record10 December 2017 9 March 2019 Succeeded by nbsp Brittany Bowe Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nao Kodaira amp oldid 1220600997, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
