Maki Tabata

Maki Tabata

Personal information
Born	(1974-11-09) 9 November 1974 (age 50) Mukawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Team information
Discipline	Speed skating Track cycling
Medal record Representing  Japan Women's speed skating Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit World Championships 2001 Salt Lake City 1500 m 2003 Berlin 1500 m 2000 Milwaukee Allround 2000 Nagano 3000 m 2001 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2005 Inzell Team pursuit 2009 Vancouver Team pursuit Asian Games 2003 Aomori 1500 m 2003 Aomori 3000 m 2007 Changchun 3000 m Asian Championships 1999 Nagano Allround 2000 Ulan Bator Allround 2001 Harbin Allround 2003 Harbin Allround 2004 Chuncheon Allround 2008 Shenyang Allround 2005 Ikaho Allround 2007 Changchun Allround 2009 Tomakomai Allround 2010 Obihiro Allround Women's track cycling Asian Championships 2012 Kuala Lumpur Individual pursuit 2012 Kuala Lumpur Team pursuit 2012 Kuala Lumpur Points race 2012 Kuala Lumpur Scratch

Maki Tabata (田畑 真紀, Tabata Maki, born 9 November 1974 in Mukawa, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese speed skater and track cyclist.

Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year (2001), she won silver on the 1500 m and bronze on the 5000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. In 2003, she won another World Single Distance silver on the 1500 m.

In addition, Tabata has won numerous titles and medals at the Asian Championships that are used to qualify for the World Allround Championships, at the Asian Single Distance Championships, and at Japanese Championships (both in Allround and Single Distance). She also has a few World Cup victories, both in individual events and in the team pursuit.

As a track cyclist she competed in four events at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and won medals in four disciplines at the 2012 Asian Cycling Championships, including a gold medal in the individual pursuit.^[1]