Mei Kotake

Mei Kotake (小武 芽生, Kotake Mei, born May 18, 1997 Sapporo) is a Japanese professional rock and sport climber. She participates in lead climbing, bouldering and speed climbing competitions.[1][2][3][4][5]

Mei Kotake
Personal information
Born (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997
Sapporo, Japan
OccupationProfessional sport climber
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Climbing career
Type of climberSport climbing
Highest grade
Medal record
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 TehranLead
Bronze medal – third place2018 KurajošiLead
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place2018 Hong KongBouldering
Updated on July 5, 2019.

Biography

Kotake was born on May 18, 1997, in Sapporo, Hokkaido. She started bouldering in the fifth grade of elementary school. In 2014 she won the All Japan Climbing Youth Championship in the category Lead.[6] Kotake acquired a degree at a women's college for nutrition and food science.[7]

In 2022, Kotake sent Era Vella, an 8c+/9a sport climb in Margalef, Spain.[8]

Rankings

[1][2]

Mei Kotake in the Climbing World Championships 2018 Lead Final

IFSC Climbing World Championships

2018 2019
Lead 4 11
Bouldering 25 39
Speed 59 57

IFSC Climbing World Cup

2014 2016 2017 2018
Lead - 37 27 5
Bouldering 46 22 11 21
Combined - 8 22 -

Asian Championships

2016 2017 2018
Lead 5 3 3
Bouldering 6 7 8
Speed - 23 33

Asian Cup

2018
Bouldering 1

References

  1. "Mei Kotake". IFSC. Archived from the original on Jul 5, 2019.
  2. "Mei Kotake". digitalrock.de. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  3. "小武 芽生 Mei Kotake". JMA Climbing. Archived from the original on Jul 5, 2019.
  4. "SHARE CLINIC INTERVIEW [ Mei Kotake ]". bgshare.jp. Archived from the original on Feb 21, 2019.
  5. "小武芽生". Twitter. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  6. "Climbing Youth JAPAN Cup 2013 - results". JMSCA. Archived from the original on Aug 10, 2019.
  7. "[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.
  8. "Era Vella 8c+/9a by Mei Kotake". 8a.nu. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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