KAJIHARA Yumi

Date of Birth: 10 Apr 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Track	Women's Omnium	2
	Women's Madison JPN Japan	DNF

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Madison Final	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Omnium Scratch Race 1/4	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Omnium Tempo Race 2/4	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Omnium Elimination Race 3/4	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Omnium Points Race 4/4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

CYCLING TRACK

World Championships

Year	Location	3km IP	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2020	Berlin, GER	-	1	-	-
2019	Pruszkow, POL	-	4	11	11
2018	Apeldoorn, NED	-	8	9	DNF
2017	Hong Kong, CHN	21	11	-	-
2016	London, GBR	-	-	13	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2018	Indonesia	1	3	4

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Points Race	3km IP	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2020	Republic of Korea	-	-	1	3	5
2019	Jakarta, INA	-	-	1	2	1
2018	Nilai, MAS	-	-	1	1	1
2017	New Delhi, IND	1	2	1	4	3

Nations Cup

Year	Location	Scratch	Omnium	Elimination
2021	Hong Kong, CHN	2	1	1

World Cup (Ranking)

Rank	Event	Year
2	Omnium	2017/2018
4	Omnium	2019/2020
8	Omnium	2018/2019
8	Omnium	2016/2017

Year	Location	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2019/2020	Cambridge, NZL	1	DNF	9
2019/2020	Hong Kong, CHN	1	6	11
2019/2020	Glasgow, GBR	4	-	11
2018/2019	Cambridge, NZL	3	6	8
2018/2019	London, GBR	6	-	11
2018/2019	Milton, ON, CAN	7	7	18
2017/2018	Santiago, CHI	1	-	4
2017/2018	Milton, ON, CAN	1	4	5
2017/2018	Manchester, GBR	6	3	12
2016/2017	Apeldoorn, NED	12	-	-
2016/2017	Glasgow, GBR	4	9	-

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

CYCLING ROAD

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Individual Time Trial
2017	Bergen, NOR	DNF	44
2016	Doha, QAT	64	-

Ten best performances in major races in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
30	2016	Road Race	GP de Plouay	Plouay, FRA

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Individual Time Trial	Team Time Trial
2019	Tashkent, UZB	8	8	4
2017	Manama, BRN	5	3	-

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Reading. (hochi.co.jp, 01 May 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Physical Education - University of Tsukuba, Japan

Languages spoken:

University of Tsukuba [Japan]

Craig Griffin [national], NZL

Other sports:

She has competed at the world championships in both track cycling and road cycling. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Jul 2018; sponichi.co.jp, 27 Mar 2018)

She took up the sport in 2013. (sponichi.co.jp, 27 Mar 2018)

She originally competed in swimming, but she fell out of love with the sport after she was unable to qualify for the All Japan Tournament. After starting high school, she decided to focus solely on cycling. (sponichi.co.jp, 27 Mar 2018; cyclist.sanspo.com, 05 Jan 2018)

To win a gold medal in the omnium at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and compete in both track cycling and road cycling at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (morecadence.jp, 10 May 2020; hochi.news, 09 Aug 2020; tv-asahi.co.jp, 29 Dec 2019)

She cycles for three hours a day on weekdays. (morecadence.jp, 10 May 2020)

Her mother Yuri Kajihara. (olympicchannel.com, 14 Jul 2020)

General Interest

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in human arts and sciences at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. (yumi-kajihara.com, 21 Apr 2020)

Milestones

She became the first Japanese female track cyclist to win the omnium competition at the world championships following her victory at the 2020 edition in Berlin, Germany. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 Oct 2020; 4years.asahi.com, 23 May 2020)

She became the first track cyclist representing Japan to win the omnium competition at a World Cup event by claiming victory in 2017 in Milton, ON, Canada. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Jul 2018; sponichi.co.jp, 27 Mar 2018)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009412719063
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/yumikajipara/
https://instagram.com/yumi_kajihara/
https://twitter.com/yumi_kajihara
Athlete Website: https://www.yumi-kajihara.com/

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNF:: Did not Finish

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