TAKANO Sena

Date of Birth: 1 Mar 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.66/5'5''

Place of birth: OSAKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : OSAKA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sailing	Women's Skiff - 49er FX JPN Japan	18

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Enoshima	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 01 #1	Finished
Followed by	Enoshima	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 02 #2	Finished
Followed by	Enoshima	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 03 #3	Finished
	Sagami	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 04 #4	Finished
Followed by	Sagami	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 05 #5	Finished
Followed by	Sagami	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 06 #6	Finished
	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 07 #7	Finished
Followed by	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 08 #8	Finished
Followed by	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 09 #9	Finished
	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 10 #10	Finished
Followed by	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 11 #11	Finished
Followed by	Kamakura	Women's Skiff - 49er FX - Race 12 #12	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
20	49er FX	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
55	49er FX	2018	Aarhus, DEN

Class World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
20	49er FX	2019	Auckland, NZL
32	49er FX	2020	Geelong, VIC, AUS
32	49er FX	2017	Porto, POR

Class European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	49er FX	2017	Kiel, GER
37	49er FX	2019	Weymouth, GBR

Class North American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	49er FX	2017	Kingston, ON, CAN

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	49er FX	2018	Gamagori, JPN
11	49er FX	2018	Miami, FL, USA
20	49er FX	2019	Enoshima, JPN
31	49er FX	2020	Enoshima, JPN
31	49er FX	2018	Hyeres, FRA
38	49er FX	2019	Genoa, ITA

Class World Championships Juniors

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	49er FX	2017	Kingston, ON, CAN
15	49er FX	2016	IJsselmeer, NED

Youth Sailing World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	Women's 29er	2016	Auckland, NZL

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Health Studies - Kansai University, Suita, JPN

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Noevir [JPN] / Kansai University [JPN]

Kenji Nakamura [national], JPN; Kan Yamada [national], JPN

Sporting relatives:

Her father Keiji was a racing driver in Japan. (mainichi.jp, 20 Mar 2016; sponichi.co.jp, 19 Mar 2016)

She began sailing at age 14. (bgf.or.jp, 06 Mar 2017; kobe-np.co.jp, 19 Mar 2016)

She took up swimming in primary school. She was then asked to try sailing Misaki Tanaka, who was her classmate as well as a teammate in the swimming team. Tanaka has also gone on to represent Japan in sailing. (bgf.or.jp, 06 Mar 2017)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bgf.or.jp, 06 Mar 2017)

Philosophy:

"Trust your partner to sail well." (kansai-u.ac.jp, 23 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
CREWMATE
She competes in the 49er FX class with Anna Yamazaki. The pair call themselves Team Ansena. (Facebook team page, 06 Aug 2020)

NAME ORIGIN
She is named after Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna. Her father Keiji was also a racing driver and was inspired by Senna. (kobe-np.co.jp, 19 Mar 2016)

Milestones

At age 18 she was the youngest member of the Japan sailing team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She competed alongside Keiko Miyagawa in the 49er FX class at the Games, with the pair placing 20th. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Sep 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/sena.takano.543
Facebook Team: https://www.facebook.com/ansenasailing/
https://instagram.com/senatakano/
Team Instagram: https://instagram.com/team_ansena/
International Federation Website: https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/biog.php?ID=JPNST8&js=1

Legend

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

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