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Arisa Kimishima

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Arisa Kimishima
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born23 December 1995 (1995-12-23) (age 28)
Iwakuni, Japan[1]
Alma materNippon Sport Science University Graduate School[1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBobsleigh
Athletics
Event(s)Bobsleigh: Two-woman
Athletics: Sprints
TeamC.E.Management Integrated Laboratory[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 11.36 (2022)
200 m: 23.53 (2022)

Arisa Kimishima (君嶋 愛梨沙, Kimishima Arisa, born 23 December 1995 in Iwakuni) is a Japanese bobsledder and sprinter. As a bobsledder, she competed in the two-woman event at the 2017 World Championships. As a sprinter, she is a former Japanese junior high school record holder in the 200 metres and the 2009 Japanese junior high school champion.

Personal life

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She is from Iwakuni. Her father is American and her mother is Japanese.[3]

Her role model is Japanese sprinter Momoko Takahashi.[4]

Bobsleigh career

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She made her bobsleigh debut in a Europe Cup at Königssee in February 2016, finishing first.[1]

She finished seventh in the two-woman event at the 2017 World Championships with teammate Maria Oshigiri.[2] As of November 2020, this is the Japanese best ever result in the bobsleigh event at the World Championships.[5]

She made her World Cup debut in January 2017. As of November 2020, her best finish is tenth in the two-woman event at Königssee in January 2017.[2]

World Championships

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Year Venue Position Event Teammate Time
Representing  Japan
2017 Königssee, Germany 7th Two-woman Maria Oshigiri 3:25.82
(51.92 / 51.65 / 51.34 / 50.91)

World Cup

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Year Venue Position Event Teammate Time
Representing  Japan
2016-17 St. Moritz, Switzerland 12th Two-woman Maria Oshigiri 2:17.97 (1:09.13 / 1:08.84)
Königssee, Germany 10th Two-woman Maria Oshigiri 1:42.37 (51.04 / 51.33)
Igls, Austria 15th Two-woman Maria Oshigiri 1:47.82 (53.86 / 53.96)
Pyeongchang, South Korea 16th Two-woman Maria Oshigiri 1:45.01 (52.27 / 52.74)
2017-18 Lake Placid, United States 19th Two-woman Maria Oshigiri 1:58.50 (58.06 / 1:00.44)
Whistler, Canada 16th Two-woman Maria Oshigiri 1:49.04 (54.14 / 54.90)
Altenberg, Germany 16th Two-woman Konomi Asazu 1:55.41 (58.01 / 57.40)
St. Moritz, Switzerland 23rd Two-woman Maria Oshigiri 1:09.66

Athletics career

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She began her career in athletics at Marifu Junior High School.[3]

In 2009, she won a gold medal in the 200 metres at the Japanese junior high school championships in a new Japanese junior high school record of 24.36 seconds.[6]

In 2013, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the Japanese Championships with teammates Emiri Hatsumi, Ayaka Abe and Anna Doi.[7]

In 2017, she won a gold medal in the 100 metres and a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the Kanto University Championships.[8] She also won a bronze medal in the 100 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay at the Japanese University Championships.[9]

Personal bests

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  • 100 m: 11.36 (wind: +0.6 m/s) (Osaka 2022)[10]
  • 200 m: 23.53 (wind: +2.6 m/s) (Osaka 2022)[11]

Japanese Championships podium

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Year Venue Position Event Time
Representing Saitama Sakae High School
2013 Yokohama, Kanagawa 3rd 4×100 m relay 46.06 (relay leg: 3rd)

National titles

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Year Competition Venue Event Time (s) Notes
Representing Marifu Junior High School
2009 National Junior High School Championships Oita, Japan 200 m 24.36 (wind: +1.6 m/s) NJH, GR
Junior Olympics Meet Yokohama, Kanagawa 100 m (Class B) 12.32 (wind: -1.9 m/s)
2010 National Junior Indoor Meet Osaka, Osaka 60 m (U16) 7.75
Junior Olympics Meet Yokohama, Kanagawa 100 m (Class A) 12.21 (wind: 0.0 m/s)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "陸上・ボブスレーの二刀流で国際総合競技大会を目指す「君嶋 愛梨沙」選手が土木管理総合試験所に入社!~社員として初の陸上競技大会にも出場予定~". PR TIMES (in Japanese). 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Profile". IBSF (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b Kasai, Masaki (23 May 2017). "ボブスレーと陸上、「二刀流」で五輪狙う 君嶋愛梨沙". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ "The journal of the Nippon Sport Science University 2017 Summer Issue" (PDF). Nippon Sport Science University (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. ^ "日本ボブスレー陣の強化施策とは? 撒いた種が北京で花開くために". Sportsnavi (in Japanese). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Results" (PDF). 2009 Japanese Junior High School Championships (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  7. ^ "2013 Japanese Championships Relay Events Results" (PDF). JAAF (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  8. ^ "2017 Kanto University Championships Results" (PDF). The Inter-University Athletic Union of Kanto (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  9. ^ "2017 Japanese University Championships Results" (PDF). The Inter-University Athletics Union of Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  10. ^ 【第106回日本選手権】リザルト
  11. ^ 【第106回日本選手権】結果・速報
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