Mei Kotake
Mei Kotake (小武 芽生, Kotake Mei, born May 18, 1997 Sapporo) is a Japanese professional rock and sport climber. She participates in lead climbing, bouldering and speed climbing competitions.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Born | 18 May 1997 Sapporo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional sport climber | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Type of climber | Sport climbing | |||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Kotake was born on May 18, 1997, in Sapporo, Hokkaido. She started bouldering in the fifth grade of elementary school. In 2014 she won the All Japan Climbing Youth Championship in the category Lead.[6] Kotake acquired a degree at a women's college for nutrition and food science.[7]
In 2022, Kotake sent Era Vella, an 8c+/9a sport climb in Margalef, Spain.[8]
Rankings
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Mei Kotake in the Climbing World Championships 2018 Lead Final
IFSC Climbing World Championships
| 2018 | 2019 | |
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| Lead | 4 | 11 |
| Bouldering | 25 | 39 |
| Speed | 59 | 57 |
IFSC Climbing World Cup
| 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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| Lead | - | 37 | 27 | 5 |
| Bouldering | 46 | 22 | 11 | 21 |
| Combined | - | 8 | 22 | - |
Asian Championships
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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| Lead | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Bouldering | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Speed | - | 23 | 33 |
Asian Cup
| 2018 | |
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| Bouldering | 1 |
References
- "Mei Kotake". IFSC. Archived from the original on Jul 5, 2019.
- "Mei Kotake". digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- "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. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- "Climbing Youth JAPAN Cup 2013 - results". JMSCA. Archived from the original on Aug 10, 2019.
- "[Tokyo 2020] Women players aiming to represent Japan in the new event "Sport climbing"". Yahoo! Japan - Women's Health. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- "Era Vella 8c+/9a by Mei Kotake". 8a.nu. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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