Takayo Kondo

Takayo Kondo (近藤 高代, Kondō Takayo, born 17 November 1975 in Ōtsu, Shiga) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the pole vault. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics 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.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Japan
1998	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	4th	3.90 m
2000	Asian Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	4.00 m
2001	East Asian Games	Osaka, Japan	2nd	4.05 m
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	5th	4.05 m
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	4th	4.00 m
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	2nd	4.10 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	32nd (q)	4.15 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	17th (q)	4.15 m
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	8th	4.00 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	25th (q)	4.35 m
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	4.10 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	28th (q)	4.10 m
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	–	NM