Miho Takagi (speed skater)

Miho Takagi is a Japanese speed skater, born on 22 May 1994, who has won a total of ten medals at the Olympics, two of them gold. She first competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics at the age of fifteen. At the 2018 Olympics she won silver in the 1500 m and bronze in the 1000 m and was part of the Japanese team that won the women's team pursuit in an Olympic record time. At the 2022 Winter Olympics she earned three silver medals, in the 1500 m, the 500 m and the team pursuit, and she later won her second Olympic gold, and her first in an individual event, in the 1000 m with a new Olympic record. She won the women's competition at the 2018 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, became a world champion in the team pursuit in 2015 together with her sister Nana Takagi, and set a world record in the 1500 m of 1:49.83 in Salt Lake City in 2019. She announced her retirement on 4 March 2026, effective after the 2026 World Allround Championships.