Yumi Kajihara

Yumi Kajihara (梶原 悠未, Kajihara Yūmi, born 10 April 1997) is a Japanese female road racing and track cyclist. She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[1] and won a silver medal in the women's omnium, becoming the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic medal in cycling.[2][3]

Yumi Kajihara
In 2020
Personal information
Born (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997
Saitama, Japan
Team information
DisciplineTrack cycling
Road cycling
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's Track Cycling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoOmnium
World Championships
2020 BerlinOmnium
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-PalembangOmnium
2018 Jakarta-PalembangTeam pursuit
Asian Championships
2016 IzuScratch
2017 New DelhiPoints race
2017 New DelhiOmnium
2018 NilaiOmnium
2018 NilaiMadison
2018 NilaiTeam pursuit
2019 JakartaOmnium
2019 JakartaMadison
2016 IzuTeam pursuit
2017 New DelhiIndividual pursuit
2019 JakartaTeam pursuit
2017 New DelhiRoad time trial
2017 New DelhiMadison

Career

As a junior, she competed on the road in the junior events at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships and 2014 UCI Road World Championships. She won the gold medal in the scratch and the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2016 Asian Cycling Championships.[4][5] She is the reigning world champion in Women's omnium, having won gold in 2020.[6]

Career results
2016
Asian Track Championships
1st Scratch Race
2nd Team Pursuit (with Kisato Nakamura, Sakura Tsukagoshi and Minami Uwano
Track Clubs ACC Cup
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Team Sprint (With Takako Ishii)
2nd Scratch race
1st Omnium, Japan Track Cup
2017
Asian Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points Race
2nd Individual Pursuit
3rd Madison (with Kie Furuyama)
National Track Championships
1st Individual Pursuit
1st Points Race

References
  1. "Six Japanese cyclists selected for Tokyo 2020". www.insidethegames.biz. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Olympics: Yumi Kajihara wins women's omnium track cycling silver for Japan". Mainichi Daily News. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. "Cycling Track KAJIHARA Yumi - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 16 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "2016 Asia Cycling Championships: Entries list track cycling women" (PDF). cycling-championships.asi. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. "Yumi Kajihara". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. "Kajihara wins dramatic omnium at World Track Cycling". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.


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