Nagisa Takahashi

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Nagisa Takahashi
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2000-01-15) 15 January 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHigh jump: 1.92 m (2025)

Nagisa Takahashi (born 15 January 2000) is a Japanese high jumper. She is a multiple-time national champion and indoor national record holder. She competed at the 2025 World Championships. [1]

Biography

Takahashi was educated at Tokyo High School and Nihon University. Initially a keen badminton player, she excelled in high jump at school where her PE teacher was affiliated to the local athletics club and encouraged her along; After winning a regional age-group championships she began to take high jumping more seriously. [2]

She became national indoor champion at the 2022 Japanese Indoor Athletics Championships in Osaka in March 2022, with a jump of 1.80 metres. [3] In June of that year she won the Japanese Athletics Championships in Osaka with a jump of 1.81 metres. [4]

She retained her national indoor title at the 2023 Japanese Indoor Athletics Championships in Osaka with a jump of 1.80 metres. [5] She retained her national outdoor title at the 2023 Japanese Athletics Championships in Osaka with a jump of 1.84 metres in June 2023. [6] Competing at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, she placed fourth overall with a best jump of 1.83 metres. [7]

She won her third national indoor title at the 2024 Japanese Athletics Championships in Osaka with a jump of 1.86 metres. [8] In May 2024, she set a new personal best of 1.88 metres. [2] She won her third Japanese Championships title in June 2024 in Niigata, with a jump of 1.87 metres. [9]

She won on the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold in Astana, Kazhakstan in January 2025, with 1.88 metres. [10] The following month, she set a new personal best and a Japanese indoor record with a jump of 1.92 metres competing in the Czech Republic. [11]

At the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, she had an eighth place finish. [12] She was named in the Japanese team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in September 2025 to compete im the women's high jump in Tokyo, Japan, where she cleared 1.88 metres without advancing to the final. [13] [14] [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Nagisa Takahashi". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Nagisa Takahashi, Athletics – Challenging "Women's oldest record" Enjoyment of building up record of "1cm"". Tokyoforwads2025. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "105th Japan Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "106th Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Japanese Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Japanese Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Takahashi Nagisa wins her third consecutive title but is "frustrated" after failing to jump 1.90 meters to qualify for the Olympics at the Japan Championships Women's High Jump/Athletics". Sanspo.com. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Thompson, Alemayo and Jackson victorious in Astana". World Athletics. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "【センコー】走高跳の髙橋渚が室内日本新記録を樹立！". digitalpr.jp (in Japanese). 10 February 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "High jumper Tsuda Sheriai places 7th with a jump of 1.83 meters, while Takahashi Nagisa places 8th with a jump of 1.80 meters / Asian Championships". rikujyokyogi.co.jp. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "Japan names 80-strong host nation team for WCH Tokyo 25". World Athletics. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "World Athletics Championships return to Tokyo". Japan Today. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
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