Mei Kotake
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| Born | 18 May 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional sport climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mei Kotake (小武 芽生, Kotake Mei; born May 18, 1997 Sapporo) is a Japanese professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. She participates in competition lead climbing, competition bouldering and competition speed climbing disciplines.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life and education
Kotake was born on May 18, 1997, in Sapporo, Hokkaido. She started bouldering in the fifth grade of elementary school.
Kotake acquired a degree at a women's college for nutrition and food science.[6]
Climbing career
Competition climbing
In 2014 she won the All Japan Climbing Youth Championship in the category Lead.[7]
Rock climbing
In 2022, Kotake sent Era Vella, an 8c+/9a -graded sport climbing route in Margalef, in Spain.[8]
Rankings
| 2018 | 2019 | 2025 | |
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| Lead | 4 | 11 | 10 |
| Bouldering | 25 | 39 | - |
| Speed | 59 | 57 | - |
| 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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| Lead | - | 37 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| Bouldering | 46 | 22 | 11 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Combined | - | 8 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2024 | |
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| Lead | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Bouldering | 6 | 7 | 8 | - |
| Speed | - | 23 | 33 | - |
| 2018 | |
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| Bouldering | 1 |
Notable ascents
8B+ (V14):
Redpointed routes
9a (5.14d):
8c (5.14b):
References
- ^ a b "Mei Kotake". IFSC. Archived from the original on Jul 5, 2019.
- ^ a b "Mei Kotake". digitalrock.de. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "小武 芽生 Mei Kotake". JMA Climbing. Archived from the original on Jul 5, 2019.
- ^ "SHARE CLINIC INTERVIEW [ Mei Kotake ]". bgshare.jp. Archived from the original on Feb 21, 2019.
- ^ "小武芽生". Twitter. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "[Tokyo 2020] Women players aiming to represent Japan in the new event "Sport climbing"". Yahoo! Japan - Women's Health. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Climbing Youth JAPAN Cup 2013 - results". JMSCA. Archived from the original on Aug 10, 2019.
- ^ "Era Vella 8c+/9a by Mei Kotake". 8a.nu. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "World Cup Champ Sends Her First V14". Gripped Climbing Magazine. July 30, 2024.
- ^ "Mei Kotake climbs Era Vella, 9a in Margalef".
- ^ "Era Vella 8c+/9a by Mei Kotake". 8a.nu. March 31, 2022.
- ^ "Era Vella 8c+/9a by Mei Kotake". 8a.nu. March 31, 2022.