Tsubasa Kitatsuru

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Tsubasa Kitatsuru
Personal information
Full name Tsubasa Kitatsuru
Born (1985-04-26) 26 April 1985 (age 39)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
- Japan Professional Cycling Union
Professional team(s)
2012 Cyclo Channel Tokyo
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Sprint
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Ludhiana Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bangkok Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2004 Yokkaichi Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2005 Ludhiana Keirin
Infobox last updated on
October 15, 2013

Tsubasa Kitatsuru (北津留 翼 Kitatsuru Tsubasa?, born April 26, 1985 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) is a Japanese professional track cyclist.[1] He has collected five Asian Championships and two Asian Games medals to his career hardware in men's sprint, and later represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Kitatsuru currently races for the Japan Professional Cycling Union.

Emerging as one of Japan's most successful sprinters in track cycling, Kitatsuru sought sporting headlines at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, where he defeated South Korea's Choi Lae-Seon in the decided with a best time of 10.882 seconds, making him the fifth Japanese rider in the Games' history to take home the men's sprint gold.[2][3]

Kitatsuru qualified for his first Japanese squad, as a 23-year-old, in the men's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the team's four available berths based on UCI's selection process from the Track World Rankings. Kitatsuru lost his round-of-sixteen match-up against France's Mickaël Bourgain, and finished second in his repechage heat behind Malaysia's Azizulhasni Awang, thus eliminating him from the tournament.[4] Earlier in the morning session, Kitatsuru grabbed a fourteenth seed with a time of 10.391.[5]

At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, Kitatsuru missed his title defense to settle only for the silver medal in men' sprint, after losing out to host nation China's Zhang Lei on a two-race final match.[6][7]

Career highlights

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

2003
  • 1st UCI Junior Track World Championships (Keirin), Moscow (RUS)
  • 1st UCI Junior Track World Championships (Sprint), Moscow (RUS)
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Tsubasa_Kitatsuru&oldid=706233426"