Mei Kotake
Japanese rock climber
- Competition climbing
- Bouldering
- Sport climbing
- Redpoint: 8c+/9a
- Bouldering: 8B (V13)
Medal record
World Cup | ||
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![]() | Briancon 2024 | Lead |
![]() | Chamonix 2024 | Lead |
Asian Championships | ||
![]() | 2017 Tehran | Lead |
![]() | 2018 Kurajoši | Lead |
Asian Cup | ||
![]() | 2018 Hong Kong | Bouldering |
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.[1][2][3][4][5]
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.[6]
Climbing career
Competition climbing
In 2014 she won the All Japan Climbing Youth Championship in the category Lead.[7]
Rock climbing
In 2022, Kotake sent Era Vella, an 8c+/9a -graded sport climbing route in Margalef, in Spain.[8]
Rankings
[1][2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Climbing_World_Championships_2018_Lead_Final_Kotake_%28BT0A2336%29.jpg/260px-Climbing_World_Championships_2018_Lead_Final_Kotake_%28BT0A2336%29.jpg)
2018 | 2019 | |
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Lead | 4 | 11 |
Bouldering | 25 | 39 |
Speed | 59 | 57 |
2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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Lead | - | 37 | 27 | 5 |
Bouldering | 46 | 22 | 11 | 21 |
Combined | - | 8 | 22 | - |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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Lead | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Bouldering | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Speed | - | 23 | 33 |
2018 | |
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Bouldering | 1 |
References
- ^ a b "Mei Kotake". IFSC. Archived from the original on Jul 5, 2019.
- ^ a b "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.
External links
- JMSCA profile
- Instagram profile
- Facebook profile
- Twitter profile