Hitomi Shimura

Hitomi Shimura (紫村 仁美, Shimura Hitomi, born 8 November 1990) is a Japanese hurdler.[3] She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[4]

Hitomi Shimura
Hitomi Shimura in 2017
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1990-11-08) 8 November 1990
Tosu, Saga, Japan[1]
Alma materWaseda University
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportHurdling
Event(s)100 metres hurdles
ClubToho Bank[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 11.85 (2015)

200 m: 24.01 (2012)

100 m hurdles: 13.02 (2013)

Personal bests
Event Time Competition Venue Date Notes
100 m 11.85 (+1.8 m/s) Spring Junior Meet Saga, Japan 11 April 2015 [5]
200 m 24.01 (-0.1 m/s) Shizuoka International meet Fukuroi, Japan 3 May 2012
100 m hurdles 13.02 (-0.6 m/s) Japanese Championships Chōfu, Japan 8 June 2013
4 × 200 m relay 1:35.36 (relay leg: 1st)[lower-alpha 1] Fukushima Relays Fukushima, Japan 17 October 2015 Former NR[lower-alpha 2][6]

National university record holder
Event Time Competition Venue Date Notes
100 m hurdles 13.15 (+1.7 m/s) Mikio Oda Memorial Hiroshima, Japan 29 April 2012 [7]

International competition
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time (s) Notes
Representing  Japan
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India — (f) 100 m hurdles DQ [lower-alpha 3]
World Championships Moscow, Russia 34th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.72 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 5th 100 m hurdles 13.48 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
DécaNation Paris, France 6th 100 m hurdles 14.01 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 5th 100 m hurdles 13.59 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
World Championships London, United Kingdom 31st (h) 100 m hurdles 13.29 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 7th 100 m hurdles 13.74 (wind: +0.2 m/s)

National titles

Notes
  1. Toho Bank team, with teammates Asami Chiba, Sayaka Aoki and Mayumi Watanabe
  2. record was broken by national team in 2019
  3. 2nd (h): 13.60 (wind: -0.2 m/s)

References
  1. "Profile". Toho Bank (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  3. "Hitomi Shimura". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  4. "100 metres hurdles Women". IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  5. "Spring Junior Meet - Results" (PDF). Saga Athletics Association (in Japanese). p. 2. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. "Records". JAAF. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. "National University Record". The Inter-University Athletics Union of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 October 2020.


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