(born 2 July 1992) is a Japanese former

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who is a member of the

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Career

Takagi has won a pair of silver medals at the

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, in two team pursuit events. She made her

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debut in November 2013. As of September 2014, Takagi has one World Cup podium finish, as part of the Japanese team pursuit squad at

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in 2013–14. Her best individual finish is 5th in a 5000 m race at

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in 2013–14. Her best overall finish in the World Cup is 14th, in the 2013–14 mass start. Takagi competed at the

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for Japan. In the

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she placed 32nd. She was also part of the Japanese

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squad, which won their semi-final, before losing to the Netherlands in the semi-final and to Russia in the bronze medal final, ending up 4th overall. In 2015 Nana Takagi became a world champion, when in the 2015 World Single Distance Championships she won the gold medal in the

where she participated together with her sister Miho Takagi and compatriot Ayaka Kikuchi. In 2018, Takagi was part of the Japanese team that won the Olympics women team pursuit gold medal. Takagi won a second gold medal at the 2018 Olympics in the Women's mass start event.

World Cup podiums

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takagi, Nana 1992 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Japan Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Hokkaido Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women

Career

World Cup podiums

See also

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