Asuka Terada
Birth date14 January 1990 (age 36)
Birth placeSapporo, Japan
Height1.68 m[1]
Weight57 kg
SportAthletics
Event100 m hurdles
EducationWaseda University

Asuka Terada (寺田 明日香, Terada Asuka, born 14 January 1990, in Sapporo) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles.[2] She twice represented her country at the World Championships, first at the 2009 edition in Berlin and then over a decade later at the 2019 edition in Doha.

Her personal best in the event is 12.86 seconds (+0.7 m/s) set in Osaka in 2023. This is the current national record.

She retired in 2013 because of injuries. After marriage and childbirth, she decided to return to sport in 2017, first giving rugby a try and a year later coming back to athletics.[3]

International competitions

Representing
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland55th (h)100 m12.53
15th (sf)100 m hurdles13.85
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany29th (h)100 m hurdles13.41
Asian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China2nd100 m hurdles13.20
1st (h)4 × 100 m relay44.34
2010Continental CupSplit, Croatia8th100 m hurdles13.671
Asian GamesGuangzhou, China5th100 m hurdles13.29
2nd (h)4 × 100 m relay44.73
2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar29th (h)100 m hurdles13.20
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan20th (sf)100 m hurdles13.06
2023Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand2nd100 m hurdles13.13
World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary36th (h)100 m hurdles13.15
2024Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran2nd60 m hurdles8.21

1Representing Asia-Pacific

References

  1. ^ "JAAF profile" (in Japanese). jaaf.or.jp. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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  3. ^ "Official bio" (in Japanese). asuka-terada.jp. Retrieved 9 October 2019.