OKADA Kumiko

Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Place of birth: AGEO

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 20km Race Walk	15

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Women's 20km Race Walk Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	16th (1:32:42)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	6th (1:34:36)
2017	London, GBR	18th (1:31:19)
2015	Beijing, CHN	25th (1:34:56)

Asian Games

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2018	Indonesia	3rd (1:34:02)

Asian Race Walking Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	20km Race Walk	2017	Nomi, JPN	1:33:21

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2017	20km Race Walk	Asian Race Walking Championships	Nomi, JPN	1:33:21
6	2019	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	Doha, QAT	1:34:36
6	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:27:41
18	2017	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	London, GBR	1:31:19
22	2018	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, CHN	1:31:29

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Sociology - Rikkyo University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Bic Camera [Japan]

Fumio Imamura [national], JPN

In December 2017 she suffered a stress fracture to the femur bone in her leg. She also suffered from periostitis, a medical condition which causes the inflammation of the membrane surrounding bones. (sankei.com, 18 Feb 2018; rikujyokyogi.co.jp, 15 Mar 2020)

She began athletics in primary school, and took up race walking in year 10 at Kumagaya Girls High School in Japan. (tarzanweb.jp, 14 Jun 2020; rikkyo.ne.jp, 03 Jun 2010; mainichi.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

She was inspired after watching Japanese runner Naoko Takahashi win gold in the marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. She initially competed in long-distance running in middle school, but began to focus on race walking in high school after an athletics coach told her she had the potential to compete internationally in the discipline. (tarzanweb.jp, 14 Jun 2020; asahi.com, 16 Nov 2010; mainichi.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (mainichi.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

Her mother. (sponichi.co.jp, 01 Aug 2016)

In 2008 she received the Ageo City Honorary Award in Japan. (sankei.com, 18 Feb 2018)

General Interest

General
WEIGHT STRUGGLES
She was affected by eating and weight issues during her time at high school, with her weight dropping to 38 kilogrammes at its lowest. She says her university coach Akio Harada helped her to overcome the issue. "I weighed myself five times a day. I thought that I gained weight as soon as I finished eating, so I was struggling to reduce surplus weight before I had dinner. It affected me not only physically but also mentally. However, I was able to overcome it thanks to coach Akio Harada who coached me at Rikkyo University. He said to me, 'You have the potential to become a great athlete in the future, so you should build up your body for four years while in university'. When I heard that, I felt relieved, and gradually I was able to properly have three meals a day." (tarzanweb.jp, 14 Jun 2020; mainichi.jp, 31 Dec 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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