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Saori Kitakaze

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	3 April 1985 (1985-04-03) (age 39) Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height	1.51 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	100 metres
University team	Hokusho University
Retired	2016
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 11.42 (Hiroshima 2008) 200 m: 24.55 (Sapporo 2007) 60 m: 7.52 (Tehran 2004)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Japan Asian Championships 2007 Amman 4×100 m relay 2013 Pune 4×100 m relay 2015 Wuhan 4×100 m relay Asian Indoor Championships 2004 Tehran 60 m East Asian Games 2005 Macau 4×100 m relay

Saori Kitakaze (北風 沙織, Kitakaze Saori, born April 3, 1985 in Kushiro) is a Japanese track and field sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres. She is the joint Japanese record holder in the 4×100 m relay, having run a time of 43.39 seconds alongside Momoko Takahashi, Chisato Fukushima and Kana Ichikawa at the 2011 Seiko Golden Grand Prix.

He first international competitions came in 2004, when she took the bronze medal over 60 metres at the 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and reached the 100 m semi-finals at that year's World Junior Championships in Athletics. The following year she came fourth at the 2005 East Asian Games before helping the Japanese women to the 4×100 m relay title.

An appearance on the continental stage followed at the 2006 Asian Games (where she was seventh in the 100 m final) and a relay silver medal came at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships. Kitakaze earned her first global level selection for Japan that year, but her relay team was disqualified in the preliminary rounds of the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

Personal bests

Records

• 4×100 m relay
  • Current Japanese record holder - 43.39 s (relay leg:1st) (Kawasaki, 8 May 2011)

with Momoko Takahashi, Chisato Fukushima, and Kana Ichikawa

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Japan
2004	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	3rd	60 m	7.52
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	20th (sf)	100 m	12.00 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			20th (h)	4×100 m relay	45.80 (relay leg: 4th) NJR
2005	East Asian Games	Macau, China	4th	100 m	12.02 (wind: -1.3 m/s)
			1st	4×100 m relay	44.88 (relay leg: 1st)
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	7th	100 m	11.94 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	8th	100 m	11.76 (wind: +3.1 m/s)
			2nd	4×100 m relay	45.06 (relay leg: 4th)
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	– (h)	4×100 m relay	DQ (relay leg: 1st)
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	2nd	4×100 m relay	44.38 (relay leg: 1st)
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	18th (h)	4×100 m relay	44.66 (relay leg: 1st)
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	2nd	4×100 m relay	44.14 (relay leg: 1st)

National Championship

References

1. まんまる新聞: がんばれ！北風沙織さん
2. Nakamura, Ken (2011-05-08). Pars defeats Murofushi, Japanese women's 4x100m Relay record falls in Kawasaki - IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-13.
3. ^ 選手名鑑｜日本陸上競技連盟 (in Japanese). JAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
4. 11th (h) / 11.84 (wind: +2.1 m/s)

External links

• Saori Kitakaze at World Athletics
• Saori Kitakaze at JAAF (in Japanese)

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