is a Japanese
track and field
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athlete who competes in the
javelin throw
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.
She made her first impact as a junior in 2004 by winning the
bronze medal
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at the
Asian Junior Athletics Championships. She followed this up with a fifth place at the
2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Grosseto, Italy on 12–18 July.
Results Men
Women
Medal table
Participation
According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1261 athletes from 168 count ...
where she broke the national junior record with a mark of 54.44 metres.
Ebihara won her first senior national title in the javelin in 2006 and was selected to represent her country at the
2006 Asian Games
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In mathematics
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. At the Games in
Doha
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she threw a personal best of 57.47 m which brought her the
bronze medal
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behind
Ma Ning
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and
Buoban Pamang
Buoban Pamang ( th, บัวบาน ผามั่ง; RTGS: Buaban Phamang, born 27 December 1983 in Chiang Rai) is a female javelin thrower from Thailand.
In 2006, she won the Athletics at the Asian Games in a new national record of 61.31 m ...
. She represented Japan at the
2007 Summer Universiade
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but managed only eighth place.
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She gained selection for the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
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and finished twelfth in the qualifying rounds of the competition. At the
2009 Asian Athletics Championships
The 18th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, China in 2009.
Results
Men's results
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
Field
Medal table
Participating nations
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she just missed out on a medal, finishing in fourth place. After winning her third straight national title,
[ she competed at the ]2010 Asian Games
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. She defeated all opposition in the javelin with a winning throw of 61.56 m – a mark which was not only an Asian Games
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record but a Japanese record as well. She did not reach these heights the following year: her best of 2012 was a throw of 60.32 m and she was runner-up to Risa Miyashita at the national championships. However, she outperformed Miyashita at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
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The United States topped the medal standings in th ...
in Daegu
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by reaching the final and finishing ninth (Asia's best performer).2011 World Championships – Women's javelin
. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-04.
See also
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List of Asian Games medalists in athletics
This is the complete list of Asian Games medalists in Track and field, athletics from 1951 to 2018.
Men
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
5000 m
10,000 m
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
4 × 100 m relay
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References
External links
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Living people
1985 births
Sportspeople from Tochigi Prefecture
Japanese female javelin throwers
Olympic female javelin throwers
Olympic athletes for Japan
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
21st-century Japanese women