Kinue Hitomi
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Kinue Hitomi |
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| Silver | 1928 Amsterdam | 800 metres | |
Kinue Hitomi (January 1, 1907 – August 2, 1931) was a Japanese athlete. She is the first Japanese woman who got Olympic medal. And she was world records holder in several events in 1920s – 1930s.
[edit] Career and Record
- 1907 …Born in Okayama-city.
- 1923 …4m67 in long jump as national record (not recognized) at Okayama.
- 1924 …10m33 in triple jump as world record at that time (not recognized in present) at Okayama.
- 1925 …11m35 in triple jump as world record at that time (not recognized in present) at Tokyo.
- 1926 …April, Entered The Mainichi Newspapers Co.,Ltd. at Osaka.
May, 5m06 in long jump, 10m39 in shot put and 15.4 in 100m hurdles all as national record at Miyoshino. - August, Appeared the "2èmes Jeux mondiaux féminins FSFI" games at Gotenburg as only one Japanese woman.
- She got gold by 5m50 in long jump as world record (recognized), gold by 2m49 in stand jump, silver by 32m61 in discus and bronze by 12.0 in 100 yard. Also she got the honor prize of this game from Alice Milliat, president of Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI), for the best individual points 15.
- 1927 …May, 26.1 in 200m and 2m61 in stand jump as world record at that time (not recognized in present) at Tokyo.
- October, 6.4 in 50m as world tie record (not recognized in present) at Tokyo.
- 1928 …May, 59.0 in 400m and 12.4 in 100m as world record at that time (both not recognized in present) at Tokyo.
12.0 in 100m and 5m98 in long jump as world record (both recognized) at Osaka. - July, Appeared the Amsterdam Olympic game as only one Japanese woman.
She entered all the individual events (100m, 800m, discus, high jump) and actually had been concentrated to 100m. However she lost this event in semi final. So she decided to join 800m in haste (she had never joined 800m race at any official competition till that time). She passed by 2:26.2 in preliminary and in final got silver medal by 2:17.6 under dead heat with Lina Radke. She became the first Japanese woman who has an olympic medal. - 1929 …April, 217 pts in Triathlon (100m, high lump, javelin) as world record (not recognized in present) at Miyoshino.
May, 24.7 in 200m as world record (recognized) at Tokyo. October, 12.0 in 100m and 7.5 in 60m both as world record at that time (not recognized in present) at Shenyang. - 1930 …June, Appeared the "3èmes Jeux mondiaux féminins FSFI" games at Prague with 5 younger Japanese Athletes.
- She got gold by 5m90 in long jump, silver in triathlon and bronze in javelin and in 60m. Totally she became 2nd place for individual point 12. After the game, Japan team moved to Warsaw, Berlin, Brussels, Paris and London for competitions within a half month.
This tight schedule and some heartless information from Japan occered an irreguar condition on her health. Also after back to Japan, she worked as lecturer and visited for gratitude to sponsors and contributors to many Japanese cities without a rest.
- 1931 …March, she entered a hospital at Osaka. August 2, she died by pneumonia. On the same date as Amsterdam olympic 800m final.
[edit] World Record (IOC recognized)
- 100m 12.2 20 May 1928 Osaka (kept for 42 days till 12.0 by Cook (CAN) in 2 Jul 1928)
- 200m 24.7 19 May 1929 Tokyo (kept for 1546 days till 24.6 by Schuurman (NED) in 13 Aug 1933)
- Long Jump 5m50 28 Aug 1926 Gotenburg (kept for 337 days till 5m575 by Gunn (GBR) in 01 Aug 1927)
- Long Jump 5m98 20 May 1928 Osaka (kept for 4087 days till 6m12 by Schulz (GER) in 30 Jul 1939)
