Nao Kodaira

Nao Kodaira

Kodaira in 2016
Personal information
Born	26 May 1986 Chino, Nagano
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit World Championships 2015 Heerenveen 500 m Asian Winter Games 2011 Astana/Almaty 1500 m

Nao Kodaira (Japanese: 小平 奈緒; born 26 May 1986) is a Japanese long-track speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. In the 2010 Winter Olympics she won a silver medal in the team-pursuit event. She has a 5th placing at the Olympics in the 500, 1000 and the 1500 m events. At the 2015 World Single Distance Championships, she won the bronze medal in the 500 m event. At the World Cup event at Seoul, South Korea, 21 November 2014, she won the 500 m event and she has a total of 25 podium placings in the World Cup.

Personal records

Personal records[1]
Women's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	37.29	15 November 2013	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m	1:13.98	17 November 2013	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:55.40	19 February 2011	Olympic Oval, Calgary
3000 m	4:21.53	22 October 2010	Nagano

References

1. "Nao Kodaira". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 March 2015.