Nana TAKAGI
JapanEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Speed Skating |
Women's 1500m | 8 | |
| Women's Mass Start | 27 | ||
| Women's Team Pursuit | 2 |
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Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 1 | Women's Team Pursuit (6 laps) | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 1 | Women's Mass Start | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 4 | Team Pursuit (6 laps) | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 12 | Women's 5000m | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 32 | Women's 1500m | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| World Single Distance Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 1 | Women's Team Pursuit | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 1 | Women's Team Pursuit | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| 1 | Women's Team Pursuit | 2015 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 2 | Women's Mass Start | 2018 | Gangneung, KOR |
| 2 | Women's Team Pursuit | 2017 | Gangneung, KOR |
| 2 | Women's Team Pursuit | 2016 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 4 | Women's Mass Start | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 8 | Women's Allround | 2020 | Hamar, NOR |
| 8 | Women's 1500m | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 10 | Women's 5000m | 2016 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 13 | Women's 3000m | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 13 | Women's 1500m | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| 13 | Women's Mass Start | 2015 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 15 | Women's Mass Start | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| 15 | Women's 1500m | 2015 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 16 | Women's 3000m | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| 18 | Women's 3000m | 2015 | Heerenveen, NED |
| World Allround Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 9 | Women's Allround | 2015 | Calgary, AB, CAN |
| 11 | Women's Allround | 2019 | Calgary, AB, CAN |
| 13 | Women's Allround | 2017 | Hamar, NOR |
| World Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Women's 1000m | Women's 1500m | Women's Mass Start | Women's Long Distances | Women's Team Pursuit |
| 2019/20 | 40 | 17 | 3 | 23 | |
| 2018/19 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2017/18 | 35 | 13 | 17 | ||
| 2016/17 | 46 | 7 | 38 | ||
| 2015/16 | 22 | 21 | 14 | ||
| 2014/15 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 15 | |
| 2013/14 | 22 | 14 | 15 | ||
Music, movies, and dancing.
Athlete
Older brother and sister.
Japanese
Nidec Sankyo
National: Johan de Wit (NED)
Club: Toshiaki Imamura (JPN)
Sister Miho Takagi (Speed skating): Two-time Olympian, winning three medals at PyeongChang 2018, including team pursuit gold (with Nana), 1500m silver and 1000m bronze. Three-time team pursuit World Championship gold medallist (2015, 2019, 2020), winning all three titles alongside Nana, including setting the world record in 2020. Has won 14 total World Championship medals, including Allround (2018) and sprint (2020) champion.
2013 World Cup in Calgary (1500m B - 4th, 3000m A - 10th)
November 2021: Contracted COVID-19, missing the opening World Cup on the season in Tomaszow-Mazowiecki.
2016: Knee injury troubled her for a year.
2013
Began speed skating in her second year of primary school in Obihiro.
Followed her older brother into the sport. (Info 2018)
Winning mass start gold at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. "It was an unforgettable day." (sankei.com, 25 Feb 2018)
Speed skater Joji Kato (JPN), Vancouver 2010 500m bronze medallist and 2005 world 500m champion.
Speed skater Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN), Vancouver 2010 500m silver medallist and two-time World Sprint Championship medallist. (Info 2018)
Her sister Miho. (isu.org)
"Always smile." (Schaatsseizoen 48, 2020)
Government of Japan's Medal of Honor with a Purple Ribbon (2018).
Japan Skating Federation Excellent Athlete Award (2012, 2014, 2015).
Japanese Olympic Committee' Excellence Award (2014).
Threw the ceremonial first pitch in a Nippon Professional Baseball match between Yomiuri Giants and Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2018).
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