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Momoko Takahashi

Momoko Takahashi
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade 100 m

Momoko Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋萌木子; born 16 November 1988 in Saitama) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting events. She has represented Japan twice at the World Championships in Athletics (2007 and 2009) and won relay medals at the Asian Games in both 2006 and 2010. She was the 200 m gold medallist at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships.

A Japanese junior record holder, she is the country's second fastest ever runner over both 100 metres and 200 metres, behind Chisato Fukushima. Her bests for the events are 11.32 seconds and 23.15 seconds, respectively. She is a joint holder of the Japanese record in the 4×100 metres relay.

While studying at Saitama Sakae High School, she represented the school in the sprints and in 2005 she won the 100 metres at the national high school championships and then the 200 metres at the National Sports Festival of Japan. In 2006, she established herself with a Japanese junior and high school record of 11.54 seconds for the 100 metres. A third place in the event at that year's Japanese Athletics Championships brought her selection for the 2006 Asian Games. She was sixth in the 100 m final and won a silver medal with the Japanese women's 4×100 metres relay team, finishing behind China.


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