Mei Kodama

Mei Kodama

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1999-06-08) 8 June 1999 (age 25) Usuka, Japan[1]
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 11.24 (2022) 200 m: 23.41 (2022)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Japan Asian Junior Championships 2018 Gifu 100 m

Mei Kodama (兒玉 芽生, Kodama Mei, born 8 June 1999) is a Japanese athlete who specializes in sprints.^[2] She is the country's third fastest ever runner over 100 metres, behind Chisato Fukushima and Momoko Takahashi. She won 4 Japan Championships titles between 2019 and 2021, 2 for 100 metres and 2 for 200 metres.

She also represents Japan in many international relay events such as the 2019 and 2021 World Athletics Relays. She also competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3] She is a joint holder of the Japanese records in the 4x200 metres relay.

References

1. "Mei Kodama". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
2. "Mei Kodama". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
3. "Athletics: Women's 4 x 100m Relay Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Mei Kodama at World Athletics
• Mei Kodama at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Mei Kodama – Tokyo 2020 at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Mei Kodama at Olympics.com
• Mei Kodama – Tokyo 2020 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)