Meg Hemphill (born 23 May 1996, in Kyotanabe, Kyoto) is a Japanese

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete. She is the Japanese national champion in 2017 and was placed second in the

2017 Asian Athletics Championships The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. Bhubaneswar was the third Indian city to host Asian Championships. ...

heptathlon. Hemphill was born in 1996. Her parents are from America and Japan. She competed in the 2015 Asian Championships and the 2017 Asian Championships. In the latter she won the silver medal behind Swapna Barman of India, and beat

Purnima Hembram Purnima Hembram (born 10 July 1993) is an Indian track and field athlete. She won bronze medals in the heptathlon at the 2015 and 2017 Asian Championships and placed fourth at the 2018 Asian Games. Life Hembram is from the Santhal tribe from Ma ...

, also of India.Results
Odisha2017, The-Sports.org, Retrieved 18 July 2017 She finished sixth at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

, and did not finish the competition at the 2019 Asian Championships.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hemphill, Meg 1996 births Living people People from Tanabe, Wakayama Sportspeople from Wakayama Prefecture Japanese heptathletes Asian Games competitors for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Japan Championships in Athletics winners Japanese people of American descent