is a Japanese

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er. She won bronze medals at the 2000 World Junior Championships and the

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, and finished eleventh at the 2001 World Championships. On the regional level she won a bronze medal at the 2005 Asian Championships and gold at the

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. Her personal best jump is 6.86 metres, achieved in May 2006 in

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. This is the current Japanese record. She began competing as Kumiko Imura in the 2009 season.Wariner returns to Osaka - IAAF World Athletics Tour Preview

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(2009-05-08). Retrieved on 2009-05-10.

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