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| Born | (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 (age 27) Sapporo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional sport climber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mei Kotake (小武 芽生, Kotake Mei, born May 18, 1997 Sapporo) is a Japanese professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. She participates in competition lead climbing, competition bouldering and competition speed climbing disciplines.
Early life and education
Kotake was born on May 18, 1997, in Sapporo, Hokkaido. She started bouldering in the fifth grade of elementary school.
Kotake acquired a degree at a women's college for nutrition and food science.
Climbing career
Competition climbing
In 2014 she won the All Japan Climbing Youth Championship in the category Lead.
Rock climbing
In 2022, Kotake sent Era Vella, an 8c+/9a -graded sport climbing route in Margalef, in Spain.
Rankings
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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.
- "[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.
- "Climbing Youth JAPAN Cup 2013 - results". JMSCA. Archived from the original on Aug 10, 2019.
- "Era Vella 8c+/9a by Mei Kotake". 8a.nu. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
