TERADA Asuka

Date of Birth: 14 Jan 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SAPPORO

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m Hurdles

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 5	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Hurdles Semi-Final 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m Hurdles
2019	Doha, QAT	Heats (13.20)
2009	Berlin, GER	Heats (13.41)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	100m Hurdles	World Athletics Continental Tour	Tokyo, JPN	12.99
1	2020	100m Hurdles	World Athletics Continental Tour	Tokyo, JPN	13.03

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:

Waseda University , Tokyo, JPN

Daughter Kao [2014]

Languages spoken:

Daiki Takano [personal], JPN

Other sports:

She trained with the Japanese national rugby sevens team in 2017, following a successful trial in 2016. She retired from the sport in 2018. (the-ans.jp, 08 Aug 2020; asuka-terada.jp, 29 Sep 2020; nikkansports.com, 10 Sep 2019)

She took up athletics in grade four of primary school, and began focusing on the 100m hurdles in grade 10 of high school. (the-ans.jp, 08 Aug 2020; asuka-terada.jp, 29 Sep 2020)

She was encouraged by her parents, who also competed in athletics. (the-ans.jp, 08 Aug 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hochi.news, 26 Jul 2020)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT AND RETURN
She announced her retirement from the sport in 2013 after struggling with injuries and anaemia for the previous two years. After training in rugby sevens between 2016 and 2018, she returned to athletics in 2018. (worldathletics.org, 23 Aug 2020; the-ans.jp, 08 Aug 2020; nikkansports.com, 10 Sep 2019; melos.media, 12 Dec 2018)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/terada_asuka/
Athlete Website: https://asuka-terada.jp/

Legend

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

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