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Haruka Kitaguchi

Haruka Kitaguchi is a Japanese javelin thrower born on March 16, 1998, who is the reigning Olympic and world champion in her sport. She has set national records and won multiple medals, including a bronze at the 2022 World Championships and gold at the 2023 World Championships and 2024 Summer Olympics. Kitaguchi trains in the Czech Republic and speaks both English and Czech.

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Haruka Kitaguchi

Haruka Kitaguchi is a Japanese javelin thrower born on March 16, 1998, who is the reigning Olympic and world champion in her sport. She has set national records and won multiple medals, including a bronze at the 2022 World Championships and gold at the 2023 World Championships and 2024 Summer Olympics. Kitaguchi trains in the Czech Republic and speaks both English and Czech.

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Haruka Kitaguchi

Haruka Kitaguchi ( 北 口 榛 花 , Kitaguchi Haruka,


Haruka Kitaguchi
born 16 March 1998) is a Japanese female javelin
thrower. She is the reigning Olympic and world
champion in women's javelin throw.

Life and career


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 Kitaguchi in 2023
Championships she won a bronze medal, which made Personal information
her the first Japanese woman to win a medal in any Born 16 March 1998
throwing event at a World Championships or Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Olympics.[3][4]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
In 2023, in her best achievement to that point, she won Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
the gold medal in javelin throw, in her 6th and final Sport
throw at the World Athletics Championships in
Country Japan
Budapest.
Sport Athletics
Kitaguchi continued her dominance in the discipline Event Javelin throw
when she claimed gold in the javelin event at the 2024 Achievements and titles
Summer Olympics in Paris.
Highest 1st (2023)[1]
world
ranking
Personal
Javelin throw: 67.38m (2023)
best
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Javelin throw
World Championships
2023 Budapest Javelin throw
2022 Eugene Javelin throw
In addition to English, Kitaguchi understands and Diamond League
speaks Czech. She lives and trains with Czech trainer 2023 Javelin throw
David Sekerák in Domažlice, Czech Republic. In 2024 Javelin throw
January 2024, she received a commemorative medal of
the town of Domažlice.[5]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes


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


2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 1st Javelin throw 65.80 m

References
1. "World Rankings | Women's Javelin Throw" (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" (http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.a
mazonaws.com/2015/Cali-2015-Handbook/projet/IAAF-WORLD-YOUTH-Championships-ca
li-20015.pdf) (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
3. "Haruka Kitaguchi wins historic javelin bronze for Japan at worlds" (https://www.japantimes.c
o.jp/sports/2022/07/23/more-sports/track-field/haruka-kitaguchi-javelin-bronze/). The Japan
Times. 23 July 2022.
4. "Australian Barber retains javelin world title" (https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/3428
2906/australian-kelsey-lee-barber-retains-javelin-title-world-leading-throw). ESPN.com. 23
July 2022.
5. "Olympijskou šampionku Kitagučiovou přivítali v Domažlicích" (https://www.sport.cz/clanek/o
lympiada-olympijskou-sampionku-kitaguciovou-privitali-v-domazlicich-5034683). Sport.cz (in
Czech). 12 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

External links
Haruka Kitaguchi (https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14649131) at World Athletics
Haruka Kitaguchi (https://www.jaaf.or.jp/player/profile/haruka_kitaguchi/) at JAAF (in
Japanese)
Haruka Kitaguchi – Paris 2024 (https://www.jaaf.or.jp/olympic/paris2024/athletes/profile/haru
ka_kitaguchi/) at JAAF (in Japanese)
Haruka Kitaguchi – Tokyo 2020 (https://www.jaaf.or.jp/olympic/tokyo2020/athletes/profile/har
uka_kitaguchi/) at JAAF (in Japanese)
Haruka Kitaguchi (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/144293) at Olympedia (archive (http
s://web.archive.org/web/20231231000000/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/144293))
Haruka Kitaguchi (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/haruka-kitaguchi) at Olympics.com
Haruka Kitaguchi (https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/haruka-kitaguchi_1919914) at
the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Haruka Kitaguchi – Paris 2024 (http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/paris/sports/athletics/tea
m/kitaguchiharuka.html) at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English (http
s://www-joc-or-jp.translate.goog/games/olympic/paris/sports/athletics/team/kitaguchiharuka.
html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en))
Haruka Kitaguchi – Tokyo 2020 (http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/tokyo/sports/athletics/te
am/kitaguchiharuka.html) at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English (htt
ps://www-joc-or-jp.translate.goog/games/olympic/tokyo/sports/athletics/team/kitaguchiharuk
a.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en))

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