Ayaka Takahashi, a gold medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Badminton Women's Doubles who retired from active duty last year, will be appointed as the coach of the Japanese national team under the age of 19 from April.
Mr. Takahashi won Japan's first gold medal in this competition with Misaki Matsutomo at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics Women's Doubles.
I was aiming for a consecutive championship in the Tokyo tournament, but after the tournament was postponed for one year, I retired from active duty in September last year and indicated my intention to teach younger generations in the future.
According to an official of the Nippon Badminton Association, Mr. Takahashi expressed his desire to become a coach for the Japanese national team under the age of 19 last fall, and as a result of repeated examinations by the association, he requested that he become a coach by the 29th. about it.
The Nippon Badminton Association has a history of working to strengthen the Japanese national team for youth and junior generation with the goal of nurturing Olympic medalists, and has achieved great results such as having medal candidates in all five events held at the Tokyo Olympics. It is stored.
It is expected that the achievements and experience of Takahashi, who has been active in the world in the team playing the central role of the Japanese national team under the age of 19, will lead to the strengthening of the next generation of athletes after the Paris Olympics.
Mr. Takahashi is scheduled to give guidance from the training camp of the Japanese national team under the age of 19 in April this year.