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ABOUT SAYABorn in Japan, 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. MAJOR RESULTSOLYMPIC 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."