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Momoka Horikawa

flagJPN
  • Date of birth10 Jul 2003
  • Height164 CM
  • ProfessionProfessional skater
  • HometownTaiki town
  • Place of birthTaiki
  • Start skatingShe took up the sport at age four.
  • Club Fujikyu : Japan
  • Hobbies"Spending time at home on the farm, with many cows and many cats." (Athlete, December 2025)
  • LanguagesJapanese
  • CoachJohan De Wit
  • Former CoachN/A
  • General Interest
  • Sport Specific Information
Japan's two-time Olympic speed skating champion Miho Takagi. (Athlete, December)
"My high school teacher, Takashi Wada." (Athlete, December)
To win a gold medal at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (Athlete, December)
- Competed at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, finishing 10th in the women's 5000m.

- Competed in the past three ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships, with a best result of 6th in the women's 5000m, in 2023.

Won gold in the women's 3000m at the 2023 ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships.

Finished 4th in the women's Mass Start at the 2025/26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup #1 in Salt Lake City, USA.

(isu-skating.com/speed-skating, December 2025)
"I can milk cows really well. I have had lots of practice!" (Athlete, December)
"I always phone my family before a race." (Athlete, December)