Ai UEDA

ITU Triathlon Pont List: 5th, 4913.21pts
JTU Rank: 1st, 3974.97pts, Class-O
Team: Perrier, Green Tower, Bridgestone, Inage Inter
D.O.B: October 26, 1983
Birthplace: Kyoto, Japan
Lives: Chiba, Japan
Weight: 44 kg
Height: 155 cm
Entry: year 2002
Education: Kyoto Rakhoku high School
Coach: Hideki Yamane
Website: http://aiueda.com
Twitter: @aiueda_tri https://twitter.com/aiueda_tri

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY

Ai started her athletic career as a swimmer at Junior high school. When she enrolled in high school she showed a talent for athletics, however in her second year she decided to move to triathlon as it provided an opportunity to compete on the world stage. In 2002 she won the Asian junior championship title and that was the first year being coached by Hideki Yamane. Since then she has been dreaming of an Olympic gold medal and began to train very hard in order to make it happens.
2005 was a successful year for Ai when she was ranked number one in the national rankings for the first time. Ai became an Olympian at Beijing in 2008 where she finished 17th and then 39th at 2012 London Games. In 2015 Ai capped a record-breaking season as the only women in Japanese triathlon history to win the national championship title four times. Ai has qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with her 8th place finish at ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Chicago and by capturing the 2015 Asian Championship title. She finished 39th at her third Olympic Games.
Ai finished fifth at 2016 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Cozumel to end the season and third overall in the ITU rankings. Her season third place is the highest any Japanese athlete has ever finished.

 

MAJOR RESULTS
3rd 2017 ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi
2016 JPN Duathlon National Champion
2016 Miyazaki ITU Triathlon World Cup winner
2016 JPN Triathlon National Champion
5th 2016 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Cozumel
2016 Hatsukaichi ASTC Triathlon Asian Champion
3 x Olympian 17th at 2008 Beijing, 39th at 2012 London and 39th at 2016 Rio de Janeiro
5 x Japan Triathlon National Champion(2007,2012,2013,2015,2016)
Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize- the highest award of Sports association(2006,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017)
2015 Cozumel ITU Triathlon World Cup winner
8th 2015 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago
2015 New Taipei ASTC Triathlon Asian Champion
2014 Phuket Asian Beach Games -Elite women and 4xMixed Relay champion
2014 Incheon Asian Games -Elite women and 4xMixed Relay champion
2013 Cali World Game – Duathlon champion
2012 Subic Bay ASTC Duathlon Asian Champion

Latest Result:
http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/5576/ai_ueda

 

As of 6 March, 2017