HATAKEYAMA Sae

Cycling BMX Racing

Date of Birth: 7 Jun 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Place of birth: KANAGAWA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : SWITZERLAND

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling BMX Racing	Women	24

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Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Women
2019	Heusden-Zolder, BEL	17
2018	Baku, AZE	15

Asian Games

Year	Location	Women
2018	Indonesia	8

UCI BMX Supercross - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Women	-	1 x 3rd, 1 x 8th
2019	Women	12th	2 x 8th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 11th
2018	Women	19th	2 x 11th, 1 x 13th, 1 x 19th
2017	Women	12th	1 x 12th, 1 x 13th, 1 x 18th

UCI BMX Supercross - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
3	2021	Women	Verona, ITA
8	2021	Women	Verona, ITA
8	2019	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
8	2019	Women	Rock Hill, SC, USA
9	2019	Women	Papendal, NED
11	2019	Women	Papendal, NED
11	2018	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
11	2018	Women	Heusden-Zolder, BEL
12	2017	Women	Papendal, NED
13	2019	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
13	2018	Women	Santiago del Estero, ARG
13	2017	Women	Papendal, NED

World Championships (Juniors)

Year	Location	Women
2017	Rock Hill, SC, USA	5

Legend
IP - In Progress, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Building Lego, cooking. (sportsbull.jp, 20 Jun 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Liam Phillips [personal], GBR, from 2018; Masahiro Sampei [national], JPN

She began learning to ride a bike at age two, before starting to ride BMX courses at age four. (boardofmediablog.weebly.com, 2014)

"My father was looking for sports that my family would enjoy together, and he found BMX. I naturally got involved in the sport along with my father and two brothers when I became old enough to take part." (sportsbull.jp, 20 Jun 2020)

To become the number one female BMX rider in the world and win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (redbull.com, 09 Apr 2016; sportsbull.jp, 20 Jun 2020)

General Interest

General
OVERSEAS TRAINING
In March 2018 she moved to Switzerland to train at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle. She remained a student at Nippon Sport Science University in Tokyo, submitting her assignments via email. "[In Switzerland] I am able to focus on BMX completely, so I felt like I was so lucky to be chosen." Due to the COVID-19 pandemic she returned to Japan in 2020, but went back to Switzerland in October that year. (number.bunshun.jp, 07 Jun 2020; sportsbull.jp, 20 Jun 2020; Instagram profile, 08 Mar 2021, 17 Oct 2021; fineplay.me, 12 May 2021)

Milestones

She became the first female Japanese BMX rider to win a medal at the World Cup when she finished third at the 2021 World Cup event in Verona, Italy. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 May 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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