Sakie Tsukuda
Personal information
Full nameSakie Tsukuda
Born (1985-10-31) 31 October 1985
Bihoro, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 Kuala Lumpur Keirin

Sakie Tsukuda (佃 咲江, Tsukuda Sakie, born October 31, 1985 in Bihoro, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese track cyclist.[1] She mounted a spirited challenge over South Africa's Tracey van Niekerk for the women's sprint gold medal at the 2007 UCI B World Championships in Cape Town, and later represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Tsukuda qualified for her first Japanese squad, as a 22-year-old, in the women's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a berth from the UCI "B" World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa.[2] After grabbing the twelfth and final seed in 12.134 (an average speed of 59.337 km/h) on the morning prelims, Tsukuda lost her first round match-up to Great Britain's top medal favorite Victoria Pendleton in a spectacular fashion, finished third in her repechage heat behind Belarus' Natallia Tsylinskaya and Cuba's Lisandra Guerra, and then placed twelfth overall in a single four-rider 200 m race to round out the field.[3][4][5]

Career highlights

2006
2007
2008
2013
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Japanese Track Cycling Championships (Pursuit), Japan

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sakie Tsukuda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 Wilsnagh, Derek (28 June 2007). "Gold tinting for Joanne's Olympic jol". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Women's Sprint Qualification". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Women's Sprint Finals". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "GB pursuit team set world record". BBC Sport. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2013.


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