Asuka Terada

Asuka Terada (寺田 明日香) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She twice represented her country at the World Championships, first at the 2009 edition in Berlin and then over a decade later at the 2019 edition in Doha.

Her personal best in the event is 12.86 seconds (+0.7 m/s) set in Osaka in 2023. This is the current national record.

She retired in 2013 because of injuries. After marriage and childbirth, she decided to return to sport in 2017, first giving rugby a try and a year later coming back to athletics.

International competitions
1Representing Asia-Pacific