Sumire Kita

Sumire Kita
— Gymnast —
Full name Sumire Kita
Country represented  Japan
Born (2001-01-11) 11 January 2001
Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Residence Tokyo
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team 2013 - present
Club Kagawa Nittyu Marugame
Head coach(es) Oka Kurumi
Assistant coach(es) Yu Liu
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Asian Junior Championships
2016 Astana All-around
2016 Astana Rope
2016 Astana Clubs
2016 Astana Hoop
2016 Astana Ball
2016 Astana Team

Sumire Kita (Japanese: 喜田 純鈴; born 11 January 2001 in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Asian Junior all-around champion and two-time Japanese National Junior champion.

Career

In 2013, Kita debuted at the Japan National Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she became the youngest ever to take 2nd place.[1] Kita is coached by Yu Liu, a former Chinese rhythmic gymnast who came to Japan to study and met Kita at her small gymnastics studio in Kagawa Prefecture, recognizing a gymnast with great potential.[2]

Kita competed at the 2014 Aeon Cup. In 2015, she competed at the Junior Grand Prix in Moscow and numerous Junior World Cup events in Lisbon, Corbeil-Essonnes and Budapest. Kita also finished 5th in the junior all-around at the 2015 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan.

Kita won her first Junior World Cup medal at the 2016 Guadaljara Junior World Cup, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals: taking bronze in clubs, finished 5th in hoop and 6th in ball. At the 2016 Asian Junior Championships in Astana, Kita won gold medals in the all-around, rope, clubs and bronze medals in hoop, ball, team.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "All Japanese 'Chacott-Championships 2013". Gymmedia. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Aiming for Tokyo Gold". NHK World. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Final Events of the Asian Junior Championships in Kazakhstan 2016". Asian Gymnastics Union.
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