Kinue Hitomi – #7 All-time Long Jump Athlete

Personal Stats

D.O.B: 01.01.07
N.O.C: Japan
Height: 157 cm
Weight: 45 kg
Final Year of Competition: 1930
Years Top 10: 4

Personal Bests

100m: 12.2 (Japan 1928)
200m: 25.2 (Japan 1929)
800m: 2.17.6 (Netherlands 1928)
80m Hurdles: 13.40 (Japan 1929)
Long Jump: 5.98 (Japan 1928)
Discus Throw: 34.18 (Japan 1929)
Javelin Throw: 37.44 (France 1930)

The first Japanese woman to win an Olympic medal!

The first Japanese woman to win an Olympic medal!
Kinue Hitomi comes in at #7 in the all-time top Women’s Long Jump rankings. As the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic Medal, she wanted to inspired others to progress women’s sports in Japan.
“I hope that many Japanese female athletes will participate in the next tournament. I want to show the world the true strength of the Yamato Nadeshiko and make Japan’s brilliance shine globally. To do that, we cannot stay as we are. Not only must we improve our techniques and records, but we must also change the Japanese perception of women’s sports. I want my junior female athletes to rise up so that we can raise the Japanese flag.”
Her life ended too soon at only 24 years old, but her story lives on as we remember her extraordinary atheliticism!
100m: 12.2 (Japan 1928)
200m: 25.2 (Japan 1929)
800m: 2.17.6 (Netherlands 1928)
80m Hurdles: 13.40 (Japan 1929)
Long Jump: 5.98 (Japan 1928)
Discus Throw: 34.18 (Japan 1929)
Javelin Throw: 37.44 (France 1930)