Sakie Nobuoka

Personal information
Born	(1977-08-24) 24 August 1977 (age 46) Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Alma mater	Waseda University Graduate School
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres 200 metres
Retired	September 2012
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 11.47 (2006) 200 m: 23.33 (2004) 400 m: 54.11 (1999)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Japan Asian Games 2006 Doha 4×100 m relay Asian Championships 2000 Jakarta 4×400 m relay 2002 Colombo 4×400 m relay 1998 Fukuoka 4×400 m relay 2005 Incheon 4×100 m relay 2007 Amman 4×100 m relay East Asian Games 2001 Osaka 4×400 m relay

Sakie Nobuoka (信岡 沙希重, Nobuoka Sakie, born 24 August 1977 in Yamaguchi Prefecture) is a Japanese former sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres.^[2] She represented her country at three outdoor and one indoor World Championships. She held the national records in the 200 metres (23.33 seconds), the 4 × 100 metres relay (43.67 seconds) and the 4 × 400 metres relay (3:33.06 minutes).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Japan
1998	Asian Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	8th	200 m	24.48
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.71
	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	8th	200 m	24.48
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.61
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	16th (h)	400 m	54.11
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:41.47
2000	Asian Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia	13th (h)	200 m	24.77
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	45.26
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.15
2001	East Asian Games	Osaka, Japan	6th	200 m	23.98
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.06
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.51
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	8th	200 m	25.13 (w)
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	45.74
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.29
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	11th (h)	200 m	24.77
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	14th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.52
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	4th	200 m	24.02
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.85
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	6th	200 m	23.98
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.87
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.06
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	35th (h)	200 m	23.74
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ

National titles

• Japanese Championships
  • 100 m: 2006
  • 200 m: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • 4 × 100 m relay: 1998, 1999

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.47 (Azusa 2006)
• 200 metres – 23.33 (+0.4 m/s, Tottori 2004)
• 400 metres – 54.64 (Yokohama 2001)

Indoor

• 200 metres – 24.51 (Yokohama 2002)
• 400 metres – 54.11 (Maebashi 1999)