{{Short description|Japanese artistic gymnast (born 2000)}} {{Infobox gymnast |name= Hitomi Hatakeda |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname= |altname= |nickname= |country= {{GYM National Team|JPN|WAG}} |formercountry= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|2000|9|1|df=yes}} |birth_place= Machida, Tokyo |hometown= |residence= |death_date= |death_place= |height= 155 cm<ref name="nbcolympics">{{cite web |title=Hatakeda Hitomi |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/hatakeda-hitomi-1490952 |website=NBC Olympics |publisher=NBC Universal |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> |discipline= WAG |natlteam= 2017–2021 |club= Central Meguro |gym= |collegeteam= |headcoach= Yukiko Hatakeda, Hikaru Tanaka |assistcoach= |formercoach= |choreographer= |eponymousskills= |retired= 22 March 2022<ref name="retirement"/> |show-medals= yes |medaltemplates= <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates --> {{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}} {{MedalGold|2019 Naples|Team}} {{MedalGold|2019 Naples|All-around}} {{MedalGold|2019 Naples|Uneven bars}} {{MedalGold|2019 Naples|Balance beam}} {{MedalCompetition|FIG World Cup}} {{MedalCount |All-Around World Cup|0|0|1}} }}
{{Nihongo|'''Hitomi Hatakeda'''|畠田 瞳|Hatakeda Hitomi|born {{birth date|2000|9|1|df=yes}}}}<ref name="nbcolympics"/> is a Japanese former artistic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. She is the 2019 Summer Universiade champion in the team, all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam. She is also the 2020 American Cup all-around bronze medalist.
== Early life == Hatakeda was born on 1 September 2000 in Machida, Tokyo. Her father, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, won a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics in the team event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/athletes/detail/yoshiaki-hatakeda/|title=Yoshiaki Hatakeda|website=Olympic Channel|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=12 March 2020|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509121850/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/yoshiaki-hatakeda|url-status=live}}</ref> Her mother Yukiko is also a former gymnast and Hatakeda's personal coach. She began gymnastics at age eight because her parents encouraged her to try the sport. Her younger sister, Chiaki, is also an elite gymnast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/video/detail/hitomi-hatakeda-seeks-family-inspiration/|title=Hitomi Hatakeda seeks family inspiration|website=Olympic Channel|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=12 March 2020|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807093224/https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/video/detail/hitomi-hatakeda-seeks-family-inspiration/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Junior career == Hatakeda finished sixteenth in the all-around at the 2015 All-Japan Championships.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2015 Japanese Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2015/05/07/2015-japanese-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=7 May 2015}}</ref> Then at the NHK Trophy, she finished eleventh in the all-around.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2015 NHK Trophy Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2015/05/18/2015-nhk-trophy-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=18 May 2015}}</ref> She qualified for the uneven bars and balance beam event finals at the All-Japan Event Championships, finishing seventh and fourth respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2015 Japanese Event Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2015/06/29/2015-japanese-event-championships/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=29 June 2015}}</ref> She made her international debut at the 2015 Voronin Cup and won a bronze medal in the team event with Wakana Inoue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Международный Турнир На Кубок Михаила Воронина Pезультаты Командное первенство |trans-title=International Tournament for the Mikhail Voronin Cup Results Team championship |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2015/eu/rus/voronin/wagteams.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=ru |date=15 December 2015}}</ref> In the all-around, she placed fourth behind Natalia Kapitonova, Angelina Melnikova, and Natsumi Hanashima.<ref>{{cite web |title=Международный Турнир На Кубок Михаила Воронина Pезультаты Финал многоборья |trans-title=International Tournament for the Mikhail Voronin Cup Results All-Around Final |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2015/eu/rus/voronin/wagjunaa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=ru |date=15 December 2015}}</ref> Then in the event finals, she placed fifth on vault and fourth on uneven bars, and she won the bronze medals on the balance beam and floor exercise.<ref>{{cite web |title=Международный Турнир На Кубок Михаила Воронина Pезультаты Соревнования III |trans-title=International Tournament for the Mikhail Voronin Cup Results Competition III |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2015/eu/rus/voronin/wagjunaf.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation |access-date=5 May 2022 |language=ru |date=16 December 2015}}</ref>
== Senior career == ===2016=== Hatakeda became age-eligible for senior international competition in 2016. She made her senior debut at the All-Japan Championships and finished tenth.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2016 All-Japan Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2016/04/01/2016-all-japan-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=1 April 2016}}</ref> Then at the NHK Trophy, she finished seventh.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2016 NHK Trophy Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2016/05/04/2016-nhk-trophy-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=4 May 2016}}</ref> She made her senior international debut at the Gym Festival Trnava and won the all-around gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gym – Festival 2016 All-Around Results |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/eu/svk/gymfestival/aasen.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=14 May 2016}}</ref> In the event finals, she won gold on the uneven bars, silver on the vault, and bronze on the balance beam and floor exercise.<ref>{{cite web |title=29th Gym Festival 2016 Trnava (SVK) 2016 May 14–15 Results Apparatus Finals Seniors |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/eu/svk/gym-festival.html |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> She placed fifth on the vault and sixth on the uneven bars at the All-Japan Event Championships.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2016 All-Japan Event Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2016/06/07/2016-all-japan-event-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=7 June 2016}}</ref> Her final competition of the season was the All-Japan Team Championships where she helped her club place sixth, and she placed third in the all-around.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2016 All-Japan Team Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2016/11/15/2016-all-japan-team-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=15 November 2016}}</ref>
===2017=== Hatakeda began her season at the International Gymnix where she helped the Japanese team win the silver medal behind Canada. Individually, she won gold medals in the all-around, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, and she won bronze on the vault.<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 International Gymnix |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/events/5011274-2017-international-gymnix/event-results?filter=4239 |website=FloGymnastics |publisher=FloSports |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> Then at the All-Japan Championships, she finished thirteenth in the all-around and then seventh in the all-around at the NHK Trophy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 All-Japan Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/04/07/2017-all-japan-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=7 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 NHK Trophy Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/05/20/2017-nhk-trophy-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=20 May 2017}}</ref> She won the gold medal in the all-around and uneven bars and the silver medal on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise at the Gym Festival Trnava.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 Gym Festival Trnava Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/06/04/2017-gym-festival-trnava-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=4 June 2017}}</ref> She also won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the All-Japan Event Championships, and she placed eighth on the vault and fourth on the balance beam.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 All-Japan Event Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/06/25/2017-all-japan-event-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=25 June 2017}}</ref> At the Arthur Gander Memorial, she won the gold medal in the all-around.<ref>{{cite web |title=34ème Mémorial Arthur Gander Résultats Femmes |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2017/arthur-gander-memorial/documents/gander2017.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Gym Morges |access-date=9 May 2022 |page=2 |language=fr |date=1 November 2017}}</ref> She then competed at the Swiss Cup on a mixed team with Wataru Tanigawa, and they won the silver medal behind Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 Swiss Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/11/07/2017-swiss-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=7 November 2017}}</ref> Then at the All-Japan Team Championships, she helped her club place fourth, and she finished second in the all-around behind Mai Murakami.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 All-Japan Team Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/11/29/2017-all-japan-team-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=29 November 2017}}</ref> Her final competition of the season was the Toyota International where she finished fourth on the uneven bars.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 Toyota International Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/12/10/2017-toyota-international-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=10 December 2017}}</ref>
===2018=== Hatakeda began her season at the WOGA Classic in Plano, Texas, where she won the all-around gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Anna Rose |title=Japan Goes 1–2 at the 2018 WOGA Classic |url=https://www.insidegymnastics.com/news-features/japan-goes-1-2-at-the-2018-woga-classic/ |website=Inside Gymnastics Magazine |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=19 February 2018 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172312/https://www.insidegymnastics.com/news-features/japan-goes-1-2-at-the-2018-woga-classic/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Then at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge, she won the all-around silver medal behind Nina Derwael and helped the Japanese team win the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/03/16/2018-dtb-pokal-team-challenge-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=16 March 2018}}</ref> She then competed at the Birmingham World Cup, finishing fifth all-around with a score of 51.133.<ref>{{cite web |title=All-Around Results 21st–22nd March 2018 2018 Gymnastics World Cup Arena, Birmingham Womens Competition |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_18birmingham_aa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=British Gymnastics |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=22 March 2018 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170557/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_18birmingham_aa.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> She then won the bronze medal in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships and at the NHK Cup both behind Mai Murakami and Asuka Teramoto.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 All-Japan Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/05/01/2018-all-japan-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 October 2021 |date=1 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 NHK Trophy Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/05/21/2018-nhk-trophy-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 October 2021 |date=21 May 2018}}</ref> Then at the All-Japan Event Championships, she finished sixth on the uneven bars and fourth on the balance beam.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 All-Japan Event Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/07/08/2018-all-japan-event-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=8 July 2018}}</ref> At the Heerenveen Friendly, she helped the Japanese team win the gold medal. Individually, she won the gold medal on the uneven bars, the silver medal on the floor exercise, and the bronze medal in the all-around.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Heerenveen Friendly Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/07/11/2018-heerenveen-friendly-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=11 July 2018}}</ref> She was selected to compete at the Doha World Championships alongside Mai Murakami, Nagi Kajita, Aiko Sugihara and Asuka Teramoto. The team finished sixth in the team final with a score of 160.262.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_2018.pdf|title=48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October-3 November 2018|page=83|website=USA Gymnastics|publisher=International Gymnastics Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023024709/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_2018.pdf|archive-date=23 October 2020|access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> She then helped her club finish sixth at the All-Japan Team Championships.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 All-Japan Team Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/11/27/2018-all-japan-team-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=27 November 2018}}</ref> Her final competition of the year was the Toyota International where she won the bronze medal on the vault and the silver medal on the uneven bars.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Toyota International Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/12/08/2018-toyota-international-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 October 2021 |date=8 December 2018}}</ref>
===2019=== Hatakeda finished sixth in the all-around at the Stuttgart World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biles, Dalaloyan top Stuttgart World Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2406 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=2 May 2022 |date=18 March 2019}}</ref> Then at the All-Japan Championships, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Asuka Teramoto and Mai Murakami, and she won the silver medal at the NHK Cup behind Teramoto.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 All-Japan Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/04/28/2019-all-japan-championships/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=28 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Asuka Teramoto wins NHK Cup women's title for third time |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/05/18/more-sports/gymnastics/asuka-teramoto-wins-nhk-cup-womens-title-third-time/ |website=The Japan Times |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=18 May 2019}}</ref> She won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the All-Japan Event Championships and the silver medal on the balance beam.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 All-Japan Event Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/06/26/2019-all-japan-event-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=26 June 2019}}</ref> At the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, she won the team gold medal with teammates Asuka Teramoto and Aiko Sugihara.<ref>{{cite web |title=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Teams Qualification Women Team Results |url=https://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Qualification%20TeamRankingWag.pdf |website=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=6 July 2019}}</ref> She also won the gold medals in the all-around and on the uneven bars and balance beam.<ref>{{cite web |title=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final Seniors Women |url=https://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-Around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsWag.pdf |website=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=6 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Seniors Women |url=https://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Final%20Uneven%20bars%20ApparatusResultsWag.pdf |website=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=7 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Seniors Women |url=https://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Final%20Balance%20beam%20ApparatusResultsWag.pdf |website=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=7 July 2019}}</ref> She also placed fifth on the floor exercise.<ref>{{cite web |title=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Seniors Women |url=https://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Final%20Floor%20exercises%20ApparatusResultsWag.pdf |website=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=7 July 2019}}</ref> She competed at the World Championships, finishing eleventh in team qualifications and helping Japan qualify as a team for the 2020 Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |title=49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October – 13 October 2019 Women's Team Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19worlds_qualteam.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=4 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of the Artistic Gymnastics 2020 Olympic Qualifiers |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2019/worlds/documents/wag/olympicquals.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=20 October 2021 |date=5 October 2019}}</ref> Individually, she qualified to the all-around final and finished seventeenth with a score of 53.932.<ref>{{cite web |title=49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October – 13 October 2019 Women's All-Around Final |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19worlds_aa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=10 October 2019}}</ref> After the World Championships, she finished her season at the Toyota International and won bronze medals on vault and uneven bars and a silver medal on balance beam.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Toyota International Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/12/16/2019-toyota-international-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=16 December 2019}}</ref>
===2020=== Hatakeda won the all-around bronze medal at the American Cup with a score of 53.799, finishing behind Americans Morgan Hurd and Kayla DiCello.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/28858830/morgan-hurd-wins-women-all-american-cup-gymnastics|title=U.S.'s Hurd wins all-around at American Cup|date=7 March 2020|website=ESPN}}</ref> She was initially scheduled to compete at the Birmingham World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Birmingham World Cup roster bursts with World stars |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2802 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=21 April 2022 |date=7 February 2020}}</ref> However, the event was postponed and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnastics World Cup in Birmingham cancelled due to Coronavirus concerns |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/news-and-events/news/latest-news/9392-gymnastics-world-cup-in-birmingham-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus-concerns |website=British Gymnastics |access-date=27 April 2022 |date=10 February 2021 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118213115/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/news-and-events/news/latest-news/9392-gymnastics-world-cup-in-birmingham-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus-concerns |url-status=dead }}</ref> She did not compete again until September when she won the all-around bronze medal behind Mai Murakami and Yuna Hiraiwa at the All-Japan Senior Championships.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2020 All-Japan Senior Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2020/09/22/2020-all-japan-senior-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=22 September 2020}}</ref> She then competed at the Friendship and Solidarity Competition on Team Friendship who finished second.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Friendship and Solidarity Competition Team Final |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2020/mw_20solidarity.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=8 November 2020}}</ref> She then won the all-around silver medal at the All-Japan Championships behind Mai Murakami.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2020 All-Japan Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2020/12/12/2020-all-japan-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=12 December 2020}}</ref>
===2021=== Hatakeda won the all-around silver medal at the All-Japan Championships behind Mai Murakami.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2021 All-Japan Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2021/04/17/2021-all-japan-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=17 April 2021}}</ref> In May, she won the silver medal at the NHK Cup and was named to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Mai Murakami, Yuna Hiraiwa and Aiko Sugihara.<ref>{{cite web |title=Murakami Mai lifts NHK Trophy to punch ticket to second Games |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/gymnastics-japan-nhk-trophy-women |website=Olympic Channel |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=16 May 2021}}</ref> They finished fifth in the team final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GAR/OG2020-_GAR_C73D_GARWTEAM--------------FNL---------.pdf|title=Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Final Results|website=Olympics.com|date=27 July 2021|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727125951/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GAR/OG2020-_GAR_C73D_GARWTEAM--------------FNL---------.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Hatakeda was also selected to compete at the World Championships. She qualified to the all-around final in fourth place. However, while training the day before the all-around final, she fell face-first on a transition move on the uneven bars and was taken to the hospital on a spinal board.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kano|first1=Shintaro|url= https://olympics.com/en/news/gymnastics-world-championships-hatakeda-hitomi|title= Japan's Hatakeda Hitomi withdraws from women's all-around final at gymnastics worlds with serious spinal injury|website=Olympic Channel|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=20 October 2021|access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> She was diagnosed with damage to her central spinal cord and bruising of the cervical spine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/10/21/more-sports/gymnastics/japanese-gymnast-spinal-injury/|title=Gymnast Hitomi Hatakeda suffers serious spinal injury during training|website=The Japan Times|date=21 October 2021|access-date=5 May 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171336/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/10/21/more-sports/gymnastics/japanese-gymnast-spinal-injury/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was released from the hospital after one week.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bregman |first1=Scott |title=After scary crash, Hatakeda Hitomi is heading home from the hospital |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/rounding-off-after-scary-crash-hatakeda-hitomi-is-heading-home-from-the-hospital |website=Olympic Channel |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=29 October 2021}}</ref>
Hatakeda retired on 22 March 2022 as a result of the injury and a loss of motivation due to event postponements and cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnast Hitomi Hatakeda quits over injury and motivation struggles |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/03/23/more-sports/gymnastics/hatakeda-retirement/ |website=The Japan Times |access-date=2 May 2022 |date=23 March 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163431/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/03/23/more-sports/gymnastics/hatakeda-retirement/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="retirement">{{cite web |last1=Kano |first1=Shintaro |title=Hatakeda Hitomi to retire after All-Japan Gymnastics Championships in April |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/hatakeda-hitomi-retirement-japan-gymnastics |website=Olympic Channel |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=5 May 2022 |date=22 March 2022}}</ref>
== Competitive history == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- ! align=center | Year ! align=center | Event ! style="width:30px;" | Team ! style="width:30px;" | AA ! style="width:30px;" | VT ! style="width:30px;" | UB ! style="width:30px;" | BB ! style="width:30px;" | FX |- |rowspan="4"|'''2015'''||align=left|All-Japan Championships|| || 16 || || || || |- |align=left|NHK Trophy|| || 11 || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Event Championships|| || || 7 || 4 || || |- |align=left|Voronin Cup|| {{bronze3}} || 4 || 5 || 4 || {{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}} |- |rowspan="5"|'''2016'''||align=left|All-Japan Championships|| || 10 || || || || |- |align=left|NHK Trophy|| || 7 || || || || |- |align=left|Gym Festival Trnava|| || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}} |- |align=left|All-Japan Event Championships|| || || 5 || 6 || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Team Championships|| 6 || {{bronze3}} || || || |- |rowspan="9"|'''2017'''||align=left|International Gymnix|| {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} |- |align=left|All-Japan Championships|| || 13 || || || || |- |align=left|NHK Trophy|| || 7 || || || || |- |align=left|Gym Festival Trnava|| || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} |- |align=left|All-Japan Event Championships|| || || 8 || {{gold1}} || 4 || |- |align=left|Arthur Gander Memorial|| || {{gold1}} || || || || |- |align=left|Swiss Cup|| {{silver2}} || || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Team Championships|| 4 || {{silver2}} || || || |- |align=left|Toyota International|| || || || 4 || || |- |rowspan="10"|'''2018'''||align=left|WOGA Classic|| || {{gold1}} || || || || |- |align=left|DTB Pokal Team Challenge|| {{bronze3}} || {{silver2}} || || || |- |align=left|Birmingham World Cup|| || 5 || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Championships|| || {{bronze3}} || || || || |- |align=left|NHK Trophy|| || {{bronze3}} || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Event Championships|| || || || 6 || 4 || |- |align=left|Heerenveen Friendly|| {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || || {{gold1}} || 4 || {{silver2}} |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |align=left|World Championships|| 6 || || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Team Championships|| 6 || || || || |- |align=left|Toyota International|| {{bronze3}} || {{silver2}} || || || || |- |rowspan="7"|'''2019'''||align=left|Stuttgart World Cup|| || 6 || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Championships|| || {{bronze3}} || || || || |- |align=left|NHK Trophy|| || {{silver2}} || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Event Championships|| || || || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || |- |align=left|Summer Universiade|| {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || 5 |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |align=left|World Championships|| ''11'' || 17 || || || || |- |align=left|Toyota International|| {{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}} || {{silver2}} || || || |- |rowspan="4"|'''2020'''||align=left|American Cup|| || {{bronze3}} || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Senior Championships|| || {{bronze3}} || || || || |- |align=left|Friendship and Solidarity Meet|| {{silver2}} || || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Championships|| || {{silver2}} || || || || |- |rowspan="5"|'''2021'''||align=left|All-Japan Championships|| || {{silver2}} || || || || |- |align=left|NHK Trophy|| || {{silver2}} || || || || |- |align=left|All-Japan Event Championships|| || || || {{gold1}} || 7 || 4 |-bgcolor=98FB98 |align=left|'''Olympic Games'''|| '''5''' || || || || || |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |align=left|World Championships|| || {{abbreviation|WD|Hatakeda withdrew from the all-around final}} || || || || |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIG|bio=57393|lic=34711|name=Hitomi Hatakeda}}
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