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| Born | 23 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Javelin: 62.39m (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sae Takemoto (born 23 November 1999) is a Japanese javelin thrower. She was a finalist at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. [1]
She is originally from Kobe City in Hyogo Prefecture, and she attended Amagasaki Municipal High School and Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences. [2]
She won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan. [3]
In 2021, she achieved a personal best with the javelin of 62.39 metres to move to fourth on the Japanese all-time list. [2] She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she finished eleventh in the final with a throw of 57.93 metres. [4] [5] She placed sixth overall in the javelin at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, in October 2023, with a with a throw of 55.39 metres. [6]
She won a bronze medal the javelin at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, in May 2025, with a throw of 58.94 metres. [7] She was named as part of the Japanese team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. [8]
She moved to Tokyo in April 2023 to train at the Ajinomoto National Training Centre. [9]
