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ese athlete specialising in the

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. She competed at the

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and three consecutive World Championships each time failing to qualify for the final. She was the gold medalist at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships. She has personal bests of 4.35 metres outdoors and 4.20 metres indoors.

Personal bests

Competition record

National titles

* Japanese Championships **Pole vault: 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009

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at TBS (archived) 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Ōtsu, Shiga Japanese female pole vaulters Olympic female pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Japanese sportswomen 20th-century Japanese sportswomen Athletes from Shiga Prefecture {{Japan-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub