NAKAYAMA Yukie

Date of Birth: 7 Mar 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Female

Place of birth: OYAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : YUKI

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	Trap Women	19
	Trap Mixed Team JPN Japan	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges	Trap Women's Qualification - Day 1	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges	Trap Women's Qualification - Day 2	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges	Trap Mixed Team Qualification	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Trap	Double Trap
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	20	-
2012	London, GBR	15	-
2008	Beijing, CHN	4	-
2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	-	13

World Championships

Year	Location	Trap	Trap Team X	Double Trap	Double Trap - Team
2019	Lonato, ITA	15	22	-	-
2018	Changwon, KOR	36	37	-	-
2015	Lonato, ITA	24	-	-	-
2014	Granada, ESP	7	-	-	-
2013	Lima, PER	2	-	-	-
2011	Belgrade, SRB	8	-	-	-
2010	Munich, GER	6	-	-	-
2009	Maribor, SLO	29	-	-	-
2007	Nicosia, CYP	36	-	-	-
2006	Zagreb, CRO	44	-	6	-
1999	Tampere, FIN	-	-	-	2

Asian Games

Year	Location	Trap
2018	Indonesia	20

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Trap	Trap Team X
2019	Doha, QAT	3	13

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Trap	Trap Team
2019	1 x 13th, 1 x 14th, 1 x 26th	1 x 25th, 1 x 31st, 1 x 40th
2018	1 x 6th, 1 x 7th, 1 x 34th	1 x 11th, 1 x 12th, 1 x 18th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
6	2018	Trap	Tucson, AZ, USA
7	2018	Trap	Changwon, KOR
11	2018	Trap Team	Tucson, AZ, USA
12	2018	Trap Team	Siggiewi, MLT
13	2019	Trap	Al Ain, UAE
14	2019	Trap	Lahti, FIN
18	2018	Trap Team	Changwon, KOR
25	2019	Trap Team	Al Ain, UAE
26	2019	Trap	Changwon, KOR
31	2019	Trap Team	Lahti, FIN

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Yuki, Mamasan Athlete (Athlete, 23 Jul 2012; asahi.com, 15 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Daughter Mei [2001]

Languages spoken:

English, Italian, Japanese

Hitachi Construction Machinery Clay Shooting Club [Japan]

Tetsuya Kikumoto [national], JPN

Right eye, right hand (issf-sports.org, 14 Aug 2015; Athlete, 31 Jan 2000)

Other sports:

She competed in softball at national inter-school level. Her school team were runners-up at the 1996 Inter-High School Championships in Japan, and she was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the tournament. (mainichi.jp, 04 Jan 2020)

She took up the sport seriously at age 18 in 1997 in Italy. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2012; 2020.yahoo.co.jp, 14 Feb 2020)

She initially played softball as a catcher while in middle school and high school. However, she wanted to compete in an individual sport, and one of her high school teachers recommended shooting to her. After graduating from high school, she signed a contract with the Hitachi Construction Machinery club, which was looking for a shooter who would be able to compete at the Olympic Games. She then began training while studying in Italy. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2012, 31 Jan 2000; 2020.yahoo.co.jp, 14 Feb 2020; joyoliving.co.jp, 11 Jan 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tochigi-tv.jp, 29 Nov 2019; huffingtonpost.jp, 19 Feb 2020)

Slovakian sport shooter Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova. (2020.yahoo.co.jp, 14 Feb 2020)

Her daughter Mei. (huffingtonpost.jp, 19 Feb 2020)

Philosophy:

"Keep pursuing the dream." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2012)

In 2019 she was presented with the Best Athlete Award in the shooting category at the Japan Sports Awards. It was the ninth time she had received the award. (hitachicm.com, 17 Jan 2019)

In 2013 she received the Ibaraki Prefecture Special Merit Award in Japan. (Ibaraki Shinbun, 13 Nov 2013)

General Interest

General
MOTHERHOOD
In 2020 she was appointed as a director of the Mama Athletes Network [MAN], a Japanese group that helps female athletes return to competition after they have given birth. She took time away from the sport after she gave birth to her daughter Mei in 2001, and returned two years later. "At that time, it wasn't common for female athletes who gave birth to continue their sporting career in Japan. But as a single mother, I had to become a 'mama athlete' and prepare for the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games so I could earn an income." (hitachicm.com, 09 Mar 2020; huffingtonpost.jp, 19 Feb 2020; jpnsport.go.jp, 18 Oct 2018; nikkansports.com, 25 Sep 2013)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in sports health science at Juntendo University in Tokyo, Japan. (juntendo.ac.jp, 13 Nov 2019, 10 May 2019)

Milestones

She became the first Japanese trap shooter to compete at four Olympic Games after she appeared at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. She also competed at the 2000, 2008 and 2012 Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Jan 2020; sports.nhk.or.jp, 17 Jul 2019; jiji.com, 12 Dec 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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