Taeko Takeba
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Taeko Takeba |
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Born | 16 June 1966 Kobe, Japan |
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event | Trap (TR75) |
| Club | Ehime Clay Shooting Association[1] |
| Coached by | Atsushi Otsuke[1] |
Taeko Takeba (竹葉 多重子, Takeba Taeko, born June 16, 1966 in Kobe) is a Japanese trap shooter.[2] She won a gold medal in the women's trap at the 2001 ISSF World Cup final in Doha, Qatar, achieved a fifth-place finish at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and represented her nation Japan in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).[1][3] During her sporting career, Takeba trained full-time for the Ehime Clay Shooting Association under her personal coach Atsushi Otsuke[1][3]
Takeba made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she wound up to sixteenth in the inaugural women's trap with a score of 56 hits, narrowly escaping from the last spot in a field of seventeen shooters by four points.[4][5]
Shortly after the Games, Takeba rose to a sporting fame with a gold medal victory over Russian shooter and world record holder Elena Tkach at the 2001 ISSF World Cup final with a remarkable score of 88 targets.[3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Takeba qualified for her second Japanese squad, as a 38-year-old, in the women's trap by attaining a minimum score of 68 and securing an Olympic ticket from the 2002 ISSF World Cup series in Shanghai, China.[1][6] Improving her position from the previous Games, she amassed a total score of 59 hits out of 75 targets in the qualifying stage, but narrowly missed the final round by a single-point deficit with an eighth-place finish.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "ISSF Profile – Taeko Takeba". ISSF. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Taeko Takeba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b c "Takeba wins World Cup trap shoot". The Japan Times. 29 January 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Women's Trap" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 96. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "China's Cai wins air rifle gold". Sydney 2000. Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ 竹葉を代表に決定 アテネ五輪クレー射撃 [Trap shooter Takeba will compete at the Athens Olympics] (in Japanese). 47 News. 24 May 2004. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "竹葉が８位入賞 射撃" [Takeba finished eighth in trap shooting]. Shinmai. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Women's Trap Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Japanese Olympic Committee Bio (in Japanese)
- ISSF Profile
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