Sae Takemoto
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| Born | 23 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Javelin: 62.39m (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sae Takemoto (born 23 November 1999) is a Japanese javelin thrower. She was a finalist at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Early life
She is originally from Kobe City in Hyogo Prefecture, and she attended Amagasaki Municipal High School and Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences.[2]
Career
She won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan.[3]
In 2021, she achieved a personal best with the javelin of 62.39 metres to move to fourth on the Japanese all-time list.[2] She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she finished eleventh in the final with a throw of 57.93 metres.[4][5] She placed sixth overall in the javelin at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, in October 2023, with a throw of 55.39 metres.[6]
She won a bronze medal the javelin at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, in May 2025, with a throw of 58.94 metres.[7] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, throwing 55.11 metres without advancing to the final.[8][9]
Personal life
She moved to Tokyo in April 2023 to train at the Ajinomoto National Training Centre.[10]
References
- ^ "Sae Takemoto". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ a b "[Athletics/Javelin Throw] 24-year-old "Strong Arm Girl" Sae Takemoto (Team SSP)". ytv-athlete.jp. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Gifu Asian Junior Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "This is a list of the Japanese representatives who will be sent to the 18th World Athletics Championships (July 15th - 24th, 2022)". jaaf.or.jp. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022". World Athletics. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "19th Asian Games". World Athletics. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "26th Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ^ "Japan names 80-strong host nation team for WCH Tokyo 25". World Athletics. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Javelin Throw athlete, Sae Takemoto."A future where the potential of sports to 'shape people' further expands."". Syncsports. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2025.