is a Japanese female
javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...
er, who won an individual gold medal at the
Youth World Championships. She also has the
Japanese national record for the same event, as she threw 66.00 m at the Honjo Athletic Stadium in Kitakyushu in 2019. At the
2022 World Athletics Championships
The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the f ...
she won a bronze medal, which made her the first Japanese woman to win a medal in any throwing event at a World Championships or Olympics.
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1998 births
Living people
Japanese female javelin throwers
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
World Athletics Championships medalists
Olympic athletes of Japan
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic female javelin throwers
21st-century Japanese women
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade silver medalists for Japan
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