Aya Ota

Aya Ota
nation	Japan
birthday	13th April 1995 (age 25)
place of birth	Japan
Career
discipline	Shot put
Best performance	16.23 m
status	active
Medal table
Asian Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Asian Championships bronze Bhubaneswar 2017 15.45 m
last change: April 22, 2019

Aya Ota (born April 13, 1995 ) is a Japanese shot putter .

Athletic career

Aya Ota gained her first international experience at the Junior Asian Championships 2014 in Taipei , where she finished fifth with 14.55 m. In 2016 she took part in the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha , where she also achieved fifth place with 15.27 m. In the following year she won the bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar with 15.45 m behind the Indian Manpreet Kaur and Guo Tianqian from China. Two years later she reached fifth place at the Asian Championships in Doha with 15.50 m.

In 2015 and 2016, Ota became the Japanese champion in the shot put.

Personal best

• Shot put: 16.23 m, June 9, 2017 in Hiratsuka
  • Shot put (hall): 15.27 m, February 19, 2016 in Doha

Web links

• Aya Ota in the database of World Athletics (English)