Haruka Kitaguchi
Personal information
Born (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998
Asahikawa, Hokkaido
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
SportAthletics
EventJavelin throw
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (2023)[1]
Personal best
  • Javelin throw: 67.38m (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 BudapestJavelin throw
Bronze medal – third place2022 EugeneJavelin throw
Diamond League
First place2023Javelin throw

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Japan
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

  1. ↑ https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/javelin-throw/women?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2023-12-26
  2. ↑ "IAAF World Youth Championships Cali 2015 - Statistics Handbook" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Haruka Kitaguchi wins historic javelin bronze for Japan at worlds". The Japan Times. 23 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Australian Barber retains javelin world title". ESPN.com. 23 July 2022.
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