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

Mei Kotake
Personal information
Born (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 (age 27)
Sapporo, Japan
OccupationProfessional sport climber
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Medal record
World Cup
Gold medal – first place Briancon 2024 Lead
Bronze medal – third place Chamonix 2024 Lead
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tehran Lead
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kurajoši Lead
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hong Kong Bouldering
Updated on July 5, 2019

Early life and education

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Kotake was born on May 18, 1997, in Sapporo, Hokkaido. She started bouldering in the fifth grade of elementary school.

Kotake acquired a degree at a women's college for nutrition and food science.[6]

Climbing career

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Competition climbing

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In 2014 she won the All Japan Climbing Youth Championship in the category Lead.[7]

Rock climbing

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

Rankings

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[1][2]

 
Mei Kotake in the Climbing World Championships 2018 Lead Final
2018 2019
Lead 4 11
Bouldering 25 39
Speed 59 57
2014 2016 2017 2018
Lead - 37 27 5
Bouldering 46 22 11 21
Combined - 8 22 -
2016 2017 2018
Lead 5 3 3
Bouldering 6 7 8
Speed - 23 33
2018
Bouldering 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mei Kotake". IFSC. Archived from the original on Jul 5, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "[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.
  7. ^ "Climbing Youth JAPAN Cup 2013 - results". JMSCA. Archived from the original on Aug 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "Era Vella 8c+/9a by Mei Kotake". 8a.nu. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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