Saeko Okayama

Japanese long jumper (born 1982)

Saeko Okayama

Personal information

Nationality| Japanese
Born| 12 April 1982 (1982-04-12) (age 43)
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan[1]
Alma mater| Waseda University
Height| 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight| 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country| Japan
Sport| Track and field
Event| Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)| 100 m: 11.67 s (2012)

200 m: 24.23 s (2013)

Long jump: 6.59 m (2013)

Medal record

Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
| 2011 Kobe | Long jump
East Asian Games
| 2009 Hong Kong | Long jump

Saeko Okayama (岡山 沙英子, Okayama Saeko; born 12 April 1982 in Hiroshima Prefecture) is a Japanese long jumper. She holds a personal best jump of 6.59 metres. She was a bronze medalist at the 2011 Asian Championships and a three-time national champion at the Japanese Championships.[2]

Her mother Emiko Koumaru is also a former Long jumper, having competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She was also the 1966 Japanese Championships champion and former Japanese record holder.[3]

## Personal bests

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Event  | Performance  | Competition  | Venue  | Date  | Notes

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100 m | 11.67 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) | Hiroshima Championships  | Hiroshima, Japan | 23 June 2012  |
11.60 s (wind: +2.7 m/s) | Hiroshima Championships  | Hiroshima, Japan | 23 June 2012  | Wind-assisted
200 m | 24.23 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) | Beach Classic  | Norwalk, United States | 2 March 2013  |
Long jump | 6.59 m (wind: -0.3 m/s) | Japanese Championships | Chōfu, Japan | 7 June 2013  |
6.67 m (wind: +4.1 m/s) | Golden Grand Prix | Kawasaki, Japan | 6 May 2012  | Wind-assisted

## International competition

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Year  | Competition  | Venue  | Position  | Event  | Performance

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Representing  Japan
1999  | World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th  | 4×100 m relay  | 46.51 s (relay leg: 4th)
7th | Long jump  | 5.86 m (wind: -0.7 m/s)
2000  | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 22nd  | 100 m | 12.22 s (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2009  | East Asian Games | Hong Kong, China | 2nd  | Long jump  | 6.28 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)
2011  | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | 3rd  | Long jump | 6.51 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)
2013  | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 4th  | Long jump | 6.27 m (wind: -0.7 m/s)
2015  | DécaNation | Paris, France | 5th  | Long jump  | 6.06 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)

## National titles

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* National Championships
* Long jump: 2012, 2013, 2015
* National Sports Festival
* 100 m: 1999 (U19)
* Long jump: 1999 (U19), 2010, 2011, 2015
* National Corporate Championships
* Long jump: 2007
* National High School Championships
* Long jump: 2000

## References

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1. ^ a b "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
2. ^ "Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
3. ^ "Statistical Reference Files for the 19th Asian Championships in HYOGO・KOBE 2011 − Women Long Jump" (PDF). JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 October 2020.

## External links

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* Saeko Okayama at World Athletics
* Saeko Okayama at JAAF (in Japanese)

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Japan Championships in Athletics women's long jump champions

* 1928–29: Kinue Hitomi
* 1930: Chiyo Yuasa
* 1931–33: Sumiko Watanabe
* 1934: Fusako Takino
* 1935: Kiyoko Itoda
* 1936: Shizuko Miwa
* 1937–38: Toyoko Yoshino
* 1939: Rie Yamauchi
* 1940: Toyoko Yoshino
* 1941: Not held
* 1942: Rie Yamauchi
* 1943–45: Not held
* 1946–48: Rie Yamauchi
* 1949–50: Seiko Sugimura
* 1951: Yoshiko Nishida
* 1952: Ayako Yoshikawa
* 1953: Yoshie Takahashi
* 1954: Kazue Otsuki
* 1955–56: Yoshie Takahashi
* 1957: Mikiko Tozaki
* 1958: Sachiko Kishimoto
* 1959–60: Fumiko Ito
* 1961: Kiyomi Akizuki
* 1962: Helga Hoffmann (FRG)
* 1963: Marie Land
* 1964: Sachiko Kishimoto
* 1965: Ritsuko Fujiyoshi
* 1966: Emiko Koumaru
* 1967–74: Hiroko Yamashita
* 1975: Keiko Ogawa
* 1976–79: Sumie Awara
* 1980: Kasumi Takano
* 1981: Niko Okumura
* 1982–83: Taeko Nakagawa
* 1984: Satomi Takase
* 1985–86: Minako Isogai
* 1987: Niko Okumura
* 1988: Minako Isogai
* 1989: Niko Okumura
* 1990: Larysa Berezhna (URS)
* 1991: Ayumi Sasaki
* 1992: Niko Okumura
* 1993: Liliana Năstase (ROM)
* 1994: Maho Hanaoka
* 1995: Shizuyo Nagashima
* 1996: Ayumi Sasaki
* 1997–98: Hitomi Takamatsu
* 1999: Kanako Sue
* 2000–02: Maho Hanaoka
* 2003: Kumiko Ikeda
* 2004: Maho Hanaoka
* 2005–07: Kumiko Ikeda
* 2008–09: Sachiko Masumi
* 2010–11: Kumiko Ikeda
* 2012–13: Saeko Okayama
* 2014: Mao Igarashi
* 2015: Saeko Okayama
* 2016: Konomi Kai
* 2017–18: Ayaka Kōra
* 2019: Sumire Hata
* 2020: Ayaka Kōra
* 2021-23: Sumire Hata

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