Saya Sakakibara

Snapshot

NAME: Saya Sakakibara
DOB: 23/8/99
BORN: Gold Coast
LIVES: Sydney
PLATE #7
DISCIPLINE: BMX
EVENT: Supercross

ABOUT SAYA

Born on the Gold Coast, Saya Sakakibara's life in BMX began at the age of four after following her brother Kai to a race.

The Sakakibara family moved to Sydney, Australia in 2007, and with Kai, Saya joined the local BMX club, Southlake Illawarra BMX Club. Saya had an immediate impact on the junior circuit winning multiple state and national junior titles.

Making her elite World Championship debut at the age of 18 in 2018, Saya won her way to the final where she finished sixth. She also finished runner up in the overall 2018 World Cup Series.

In 2019, she claimed multiple top-five finishes across the 2019 World Cup rounds as well as seventh at the World Championships. Saya also took out the the official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games test event.

2020 started well for Saya as she placed second in the opening World Cup round at Shepparton before following that up the next day in Round 2, finishing fourth.

In 2021, Saya was named to the Australian Olympic Team for the Tokyo Olympic Games.

MAJOR RESULTS

OLYMPIC GAMES

Tokyo 2020

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

2019 – Elite - 7th
2018 – Elite - 6th
2017 – Junior Elite - Second

WORLD CUPS

2020 / Round 1 - Shepparton (AUS) EliteFinal4
2020 / Round 1 - Shepparton (AUS) EliteFinal2
2019 / Round 9 - Santiago (ARG) Elite1/2Finals9
2019 / Round 9 - Santiago (ARG) EliteFinal7
2019 / Round 8 - Rock Hill (USA) EliteFinal4
2019 / Round 7 - Rock Hill (USA) EliteFinal5
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