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Takayo Kondo

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Takayo Kondo
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born17 November 1975 (1975-11-17) (age 48)
Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan
Alma materWaseda University
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportTrack and field
EventPole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best4.35 m (2004, 2007, 2009)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Jakarta Pole vault
Silver medal – second place 2003 Manila Pole vault
Asian Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Doha Pole vault
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2001 Osaka Pole vault

Takayo Kondo (近藤 高代, Kondō Takayo, born 17 November 1975 in Ōtsu, Shiga) is a retired Japanese athlete specialising in the pole vault.[2] She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and three consecutive World Championships each time failing to qualify for the final. She was the gold medalist at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships.[3]

She has personal bests of 4.35 metres outdoors and 4.20 metres indoors.

Personal bests

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Event Height Competition Venue Date Notes
Outdoor 4.35 m Chukyo University Meet Toyota, Japan 29 May 2004 Former NR[1]
World Championships Osaka, Japan 26 August 2007
Japanese Championships Hiroshima, Japan 25 June 2009
Indoor 4.20 m Kalbach-Riedberg, Germany 30 January 2008

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Japan
1998 Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand 4th 3.90 m
2000 Asian Championships Jakarta, Indonesia 1st 4.00 m
2001 East Asian Games Osaka, Japan 2nd 4.05 m
2002 Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 5th 4.05 m
Asian Games Busan, South Korea 4th 4.00 m
2003 Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 2nd 4.10 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 32nd (q) 4.15 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 17th (q) 4.15 m
Asian Championships Incheon, South Korea 8th 4.00 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 25th (q) 4.35 m
2008 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 4.10 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 28th (q) 4.10 m
Asian Championships Guangzhou, China NM

National titles

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ^ Takayo Kondo at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Takayo Kondo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
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