(born February 19, 1960) is a retired female

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er from Japan. She competed for her native country at the

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, finishing in 17th place in the final rankings with a jump of 1.87 m. She earlier won the gold medal at the 1981 Asian Championships in

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, in a new Asian record of 1.93 m. She was a three-time Japanese Championships champion (1980, 1982 and 1984).

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* 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Saga Prefecture Japanese female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Asian Athletics Championships winners Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub

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