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SAYA SAKIKIBARA

BMX SUPERCROSS  |  NSW

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NAME: Saya Sakakibara 
​STARTED:  Age 4
BORN: Gold Coast
LIVES: Sydney
​PLATE #: 88
DISCIPLINE: BMX
EVENT: Supercross

ABOUT SAYA

Born in Japan, Saya Sakakibara moved to Australia at the age of seven. 

Saya got her start in BMX after giving it a go one day after following her brother Kai to a race.

MAJOR RESULTS

OLYMPIC GAMES
Aiming for Tokyo 2020
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2019 – Elite - 7th
2018 – Elite - 6th
2017 – Junior Elite - Second 
WORLD CUPS
2019 / Round 6 - St-Quentin (FRA)EliteFinal5
2019 / Round 5 - St-Quentin (FRA)Elite1/2 Finals16
2019 / Round 4 - Papendal (NED)EliteFinal8
2019 / Round 3 - Papendal (NED)Elite1/2 Finals10
2019 / Round 1 - Manchester (GBR)Elite1/2 Finals16
2018 / Stage 8 - Santiago (ARG)EliteFinal1
2018 / Stage 7 - Santiago (ARG)Elite1/2 Finals14
2018 / Stage 6 - Zolder (BEL)EliteFinal6
2018 / Stage 5 - Zolder (BEL)Elite1/2 Finals15
2018 / Stage 4 - Papendal (NED)EliteFinal3
2018 / Stage 3 - Papendal (NED)EliteFinal5
2018 / Stage 2 - St-Quentin (FRA)EliteFinal2
2018 / Stage 1 - St-Quentin (FRA)EliteFinal3
2016 / Sarasota (USA)Elite1/2 Finals9
2016 / Rock Hill (USA)EliteFinal2
OCEANIA/NATIONALS
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS:
​2019 – Elite, 1st
2017 – Junior elite, 1st
2016 – Junior elite, 1st

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
​2017 – Junior elite, 1st
2016 – Junior elite, 1st

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“The girls are just as competitive so I don’t really feel like a female in the sport, I feel like an athlete."

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ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN CYCLING TEAM

The ‘Australian Cycling Team’ encompasses the Olympic and Paralympic cycling discipline athletes, coaches and performance support staff, previously branded the CA High Performance Unit or HPU, who will receive program support for Track and Para, and Individual Athlete Performance Support for Road and BMX, forming the core group from which CA targets its Tokyo 2020 campaign.
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