Yoko Hunnicutt
Appearance
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Native name | 太田 陽子 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Yoko Ota | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Amagasaki, Japan | January 14, 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | high jump: 1.95m (2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 14 September 2015 |
Yoko Hunnicutt, née Ota (born 14 January 1975 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo and raised in Kamakura, Kanagawa) is a Japanese high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.95 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Sapporo.
She finished fifth at the 1992 World Junior Championships and eleventh at the 2000 Olympics. At the regional level she won the 1991 Asian Championships and the 1998 Asian Games and finished second at the 1998 Asian Championships.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Japan | |||||
1991 | Asian Championships | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1st | High jump | 1.83 m |
1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 5th | High jump | 1.85 m |
1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 12th | High jump | 1.80 m |
1995 | Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 9th | Triple jump | 12.88 m |
1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 2nd | High jump | 1.91 m |
Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 1st | High jump | 1.88 m | |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 26th (q) | High jump | 1.85 m |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 11th | High jump | 1.90 m |
2002 | Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 6th | High jump | 1.75 m |
Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 5th | High jump | 1.80 m | |
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | – | High jump | NM |
2005 | Asian Championships | Incheon, South Korea | 8th | High jump | 1.80 m |
External links
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Japanese female high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Japan
- People from Amagasaki
- Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
- Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Japanese athletics biography stubs
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan