Ayako Kimura

Ayako Kimura (木村 文子, Kimura Ayako, born June 11, 1988) is a Japanese hurdler. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100 meter hurdles, and failed to reach the final. She won a gold, a bronze and a silver medal in this event at the Asian championships in 2013, 2015 and 2017, respectively.

Ayako Kimura
Kimura at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born (1988-06-11) June 11, 1988[1]
Hiroshima, Japan[2]
Alma materYokohama National University[3]
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[3]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m hurdles, 200 m
ClubEdion, Hiroshima
Coached byManabu Kawagoe[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200 m – 25.00 (2017)
100 mH – 12.99 (2017)[1]
Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
2014 Incheon100 metres hurdles
Asian Championships
2013 Pune100 metres hurdles
2015 Wuhan100 metres hurdles
2017 Bhubaneswar100 metres hurdles
2019 Doha100 metres hurdles

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Japan
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 4th 100 m hurdles 13.26
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 37th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.75
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 1st 100 m hurdles 13.25
2014 Continental Cup Marrakech, Morocco 6th 100 m hurdles 13.17
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.25
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.41
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.30
World Championships London, United Kingdom 23rd (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.29
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 1st 100 m hurdles 13.13
World Championships Doha, Qatar 28th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.19

References
  1. Ayako Kimura at World Athletics
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ayako Kimura". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
  3. "Ayako Kimura". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012.


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