NOGUCHI Akiyo

Date of Birth: 30 May 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.67/5'5''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sport Climbing	Women's Combined	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Combined, Speed Qualification	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Combined, Bouldering Qualification	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Combined, Lead Qualification	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Combined, Speed Final	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Combined, Bouldering Final	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Women's Combined, Lead Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Combined	Speed	Boulder	Lead	Speed 10m
2019	Hachioji, JPN	2	34	2	5	-
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	4	45	2	8	-
2016	Paris, FRA	-	-	3	-	-
2014	Munich, GER	-	-	3	-	-
2014	Gijon, ESP	-	-	-	9	-
2012	Paris, FRA	-	-	6	-	-
2011	Arco, ITA	-	-	5	-	-
2009	Xining, CHN	-	-	5	8	31
2007	Aviles, ESP	-	-	2	11	-
2005	Munich, GER	-	-	21	3	-

World Games

Year	Location	Boulder	Lead
2017	Wroclaw, POL	4	6
2009	Kaohsiung, TPE	-	7

Asian Games

Year	Location	Combined	Speed
2018	Indonesia	1	17

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Combined	Speed	Boulder	Lead
2018	Kurayoshi, JPN	1	22	5	2
2017	Tehran, IRI	-	22	1	2
2016	Duyun, CHN	-	-	1	1

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

Year	Speed	Boulder	Lead
2021	1 x 13th	1 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 1 x 18th	1 x 3rd
2019	2 x 30th, 1 x 34th, 1 x 37th	4 x 2nd	1 x 2nd, 2 x 4th, 1 x 10th
2018	1 x 26th, 1 x 28th, 1 x 33rd	3 x 1st, 4 x 3rd	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th
2017	-	2 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 1 x 13th	1 x 4th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 9th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2018	Boulder	Hachioji, JPN
1	2018	Boulder	Tai'an, CHN
1	2018	Boulder	Chongqing, CHN
2	2019	Boulder	Vail, CO, USA
2	2019	Boulder	Wujiang, CHN
2	2019	Boulder	Chongqing, CHN
2	2019	Boulder	Meiringen, SUI
2	2019	Women's Lead	Xiamen, CHN
2	2017	Boulder	Vail, CO, USA
2	2017	Boulder	Hachioji, JPN

Shopping. (ifsc-climbing.org, 21 Apr 2018)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Team AU [Japan]

Hiroshi Yasui [national], JPN; Yudai Ikeda [personal], JPN from 2019

She suffered an injury to her right shoulder at the 2018 World Championship in Innsbruck, Austria. She postponed surgery in order to compete at the 2019 edition of the championships in Hachijo, Japan. (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 25 Aug 2019)

In 2015 she damaged a ligament in her left leg during training. (nhk.or.jp, 07 Jan 2020)

National team:

2005 (akiyonoguchi.com, 05 Apr 2017)

She began the sport at age 11. (cyclestyle.net, 02 Jun 2017)

She first tried climbing at a sports centre in Guam, when she went on a trip with her family. She then took up the sport with her father and her younger sister. (cyclestyle.net, 02 Jun 2017; akiyonoguchi.com, 05 Apr 2017; toto-growing.com, 15 Aug 2016)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 07 Feb 2020)

Winning a bronze medal in lead at the 2005 World Championships in Munich, Germany. (climbing-au.jp, 31 Jan 2018)

Her father Kenji. (hochi.co.jp, 26 Sep 2018)

She was given a Citation Award at the 2019 Season Japan Mountaineering and Sports Climbing Association [JMSCA] Awards in Japan. (fineplay.me, 11 Jan 2020)

She was presented with Golden Climbing Shoes Award at the 2015 Piolets d'Or Asia Awards. (climbing-net.com, 02 Dec 2015)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT PLAN
In 2019 she announced the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo would be her last competition before retiring from the sport. "I have had good and bad competitions, but I hope to reach the culmination of my climbing career at the 2020 Olympic Games." (nhk.or.jp, 07 Jan 2020)

Milestones

She became the first female sport climber to win gold in the combined event at the Asian Games when she was victorious at the 2018 edition in Indonesia. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Mar 2020)

She became the first Japanese female sport climber to win gold at a World Cup event when she claimed victory in bouldering at the 2008 event in Montauban, France. (sportsbull.jp, 04 Feb 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 04 Mar 2020)

Social Media

Ameba: http://ameblo.jp/akiyo530/
Athlete Blog: http://noguchiakiyo.blogspot.kr/
https://www.facebook.com/noguchiakiyo530
https://instagram.com/noguchi_akiyo/
https://twitter.com/noguchi_akiyo
Athlete Website: http://akiyonoguchi.com/

Legend

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

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