Sae Takemoto
Japanese athlete (born 1999)
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Sae Takemoto (born 23 November 1999) is a Japanese javelin thrower. She was a finalist at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Born | 23 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Javelin: 62.39m (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
She is originally from Kobe City in Hyogo Prefecture, and she attended Amagasaki Municipal High School and Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences.[2]
Career
She won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan.[3]
In 2021, she achieved a personal best with the javelin of 62.39 metres to move to fourth on the Japanese all-time list.[2] She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she finished eleventh in the final with a throw of 57.93 metres.[4][5] She placed sixth overall in the javelin at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, in October 2023, with a throw of 55.39 metres.[6]
She won a bronze medal the javelin at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, in May 2025, with a throw of 58.94 metres.[7] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, throwing 55.11 metres without advancing to the final.[8][9]
Personal life
She moved to Tokyo in April 2023 to train at the Ajinomoto National Training Centre.[10]