Mei Kotake
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| Born | 18 May 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional sport climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mei Kotake (小武 芽生, Kotake Mei; born May 18, 1997 Sapporo) is a Japanese professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing. She participates in competition lead climbing, competition bouldering and competition speed climbing disciplines.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Kotake was born on May 18, 1997, in Sapporo, Hokkaido. She started bouldering in the fifth grade of elementary school.
Kotake acquired a degree at a women's college for nutrition and food science.[6]
Climbing career
[edit | edit source]Competition climbing
[edit | edit source]In 2014 she won the All Japan Climbing Youth Championship in the category Lead.[7]
Rock climbing
[edit | edit source]In 2022, Kotake sent Era Vella, an 8c+/9a -graded sport climbing route in Margalef, in Spain.[8]
Rankings
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| 2018 | 2019 | 2025 | |
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| Lead | 4 | 11 | 10 |
| Bouldering | 25 | 39 | - |
| Speed | 59 | 57 | - |
| 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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| Lead | - | 37 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| Bouldering | 46 | 22 | 11 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Combined | - | 8 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2024 | |
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| Lead | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Bouldering | 6 | 7 | 8 | - |
| Speed | - | 23 | 33 | - |
| 2018 | |
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| Bouldering | 1 |
Notable ascents
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Redpointed routes
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References
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External links
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