KOBAYASHI Yuka

World Championships

Year	Location	Sprint	Keirin	Team Sprint
2020	Berlin, GER	16	19	-
2019	Pruszkow, POL	24	13	-
2018	Apeldoorn, NED	22	21	-
2014	Cali, COL	-	-	10

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Sprint	Keirin
2020	Republic of Korea	3	2
2019	Jakarta, INA	5	1

Nations Cup

Year	Location	Sprint	Keirin
2021	Hong Kong, CHN	2	1

World Cup (Ranking)

Rank	Event	Year
3	Keirin	2017/2018
11	Keirin	2019/2020
12	Keirin	2018/2019
16	Sprint	2017/2018
26	Sprint	2018/2019
29	Sprint	2019/2020

World Cup

Year	Location	Sprint	Keirin
2019/2020	Brisbane, QLD, AUS	15	7
2019/2020	Cambridge, NZL	20	8
2019/2020	Hong Kong, CHN	13	3
2018/2019	Hong Kong, CHN	16	11
2018/2019	Berlin, GER	21	3
2018/2019	Milton, ON, CAN	21	13
2018/2019	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA	13	7
2017/2018	Santiago, CHI	11	4
2017/2018	Milton, ON, CAN	6	9
2017/2018	Manchester, GBR	-	9
2017/2018	Pruszkow, POL	17	7

Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Athlete

Japanese

Japan Professional Cyclist Union Fukuoka Branch [Japan]

Benoit Vetu [national], FRA

Her mother Mari was a volleyball player at club level in Japan. (saga-s.co.jp, 03 Jul 2020)

She competed in volleyball at the 2010 Inter-High School Championships in Japan. (yuka-kobayashi.jp, 22 May 2019; city.tosu.lg.jp, 12 Aug 2014)

In July 2018 she suffered a facial contusion, a bruised head, a bruised right shoulder, and abrasions to both thighs after she fell at the 2018 Girls Keirin Festival in Japan. (nikkansports.com, 17 Jul 2018)

In March 2016 she tore the fascia in her left shoulder. In June 2016 she broke a bone in the same shoulder at a competition in Chinese Taipei and underwent surgery the following month. (tokyo-sports.co.jp, 18 Sep 2016; nikkansports.com, 26 Jun 2016)

She fractured her right collarbone in 2014. (keirinwa.com, 12 Aug 2014)

She took up the sport in 2013 at the Nihon Keirin School in Japan. (nishinippon.co.jp, 05 Jun 2020; yuka-kobayashi.jp, 22 May 2019; city.tosu.lg.jp, 12 Aug 2014)

She followed in the footsteps of her mother when she was younger and played volleyball. She became interested in track cycling after watching the 2012 Olympic Games in London on television. (saga-s.co.jp, 03 Jul 2020; city.tosu.lg.jp, 12 Aug 2014)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (yuka-kobayashi.jp, 22 May 2019)

In 2019 she was given the Tosu Citizen Encouragement Award in Japan. (saga-s.co.jp, 15 Nov 2020)