is a Japanese
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...
and
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it ...
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Maki Tabata won bronze at the
World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3000 m at the
World Single Distance Championships
The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating competitions organised by the International Skating Union.
History
Since the late 19th century, speed skating championships were always decided by racing multiple ...
. The next year (2001), she won silver on the 1500 m and bronze on the 5000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. In 2003, she won another World Single Distance silver on the 1500 m.
In addition, Tabata has won numerous titles and medals at the Asian Championships that are used to qualify for the World Allround Championships, at the Asian Single Distance Championships, and at Japanese Championships (both in Allround and Single Distance). She also has a few
World Cup
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victories, both in individual events and in the
team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
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As a track cyclist she competed in four events at the
2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and won medals in four disciplines at the
2012 Asian Cycling Championships
The 2012 Asian Cycling Championships took place at the Cheras Velodrome in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8 to 18 February 2012.
Medal summary Road
Men
Women
Track Men
Women
Medal table
References
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Malay ...
, including a gold medal in the individual pursuit.
World records
Over the course of her career, Tabata skated one
world record
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:
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (''WR'') lists the official world records on the dates that Tabata skated her personal records.
References
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1974 births
Japanese female speed skaters
Japanese female cyclists
Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters of Japan
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games medalists in speed skating
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Sportspeople from Hokkaido
Living people
Japanese track cyclists
World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
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