Haruka Kitaguchi
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Born | (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 26) Asahikawa, Hokkaido | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | 1st (2023)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Haruka Kitaguchi (北口 榛花, Kitaguchi Haruka, born 16 March 1998) is a Japanese female javelin thrower who is the reigning world champion in women's javelin throw.
Kitaguchi won an individual gold medal at the Youth World Championships[2] and has set Japanese national records in the discipline, throwing 66.00 m at the Honjo Athletic Stadium in Kitakyushu in 2019 and 67.38 m at the Memorial Van Damme event in Brussels in 2023. At the 2022 World Athletics Championships she won a bronze medal, which made her the first Japanese woman to win a medal in any throwing event at a World Championships or Olympics.[3][4]
In 2023, in her best achievement, she won the gold medal in javelin throw, in her 6th and final throw at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 13th (q) | Javelin throw | 60.84 m |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 12th | Javelin throw | 55.42 m |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 3rd | Javelin throw | 63.27 m |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Javelin throw | 66.73 m |
References
- ^ https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/javelin-throw/women?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2023-12-26
- ^ "IAAF World Youth Championships Cali 2015 - Statistics Handbook" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Haruka Kitaguchi wins historic javelin bronze for Japan at worlds". The Japan Times. 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Australian Barber retains javelin world title". ESPN.com. 23 July 2022.
External links
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- Haruka Kitaguchi at World Athletics
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- 1983:
Tiina Lillak (FIN)
- 1987:
Fatima Whitbread (GBR)
- 1991:
Xu Demei (CHN)
- 1993:
Trine Hattestad (NOR)
- 1995:
Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)
- 1997:
Trine Hattestad (NOR)
- 1999:
Mirela Maniani (GRE)
- 2001:
Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2003:
Mirela Maniani (GRE)
- 2005:
Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2007:
Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2009:
Steffi Nerius (GER)
- 2011:
Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2013:
Christina Obergföll (GER)
- 2015:
Katharina Molitor (GER)
- 2017:
Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2019:
Kelsey-Lee Barber (AUS)
- 2022:
Kelsey-Lee Barber (AUS)
- 2023:
Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN)
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