Hitomi Katsuyama

Katsuyama Hitomi
nation	Japan
birthday	21st May 1994 (age 26)
place of birth	Japan
size	161 cm
Weight	75 kg
Career
discipline	Hammer throw
Best performance	65.32 m (June 3, 2018 in Yamaguchi )
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 0 × 0 × 1 × Asian Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Asian Games bronze Jakarta 2018 62.95 m Asian Championships bronze Bhubaneswar 2017 60.22 m
last change: May 12, 2019

Katsuyama Hitomi (born May 21, 1994 ) is a Japanese hammer thrower .

Athletic career

Katsuyama Hitomi gained her first international experience at the Junior Asian Championships 2012 in Colombo , where she finished fourth with 49.34 m. In 2017 she won the bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar with 60.22 m, as well as at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta with 62.95 m behind the two Chinese Luo Na and Wang Zheng . At the Asian Championships in Doha in 2019 , she took fifth place with a width of 59.70 m.

In 2017 and 2018, Katsuyama became the Japanese hammer throw champion. She is a graduate of Physical Education from the University of Tsukuba .

Web links

• Hitomi Katsuyama in the database of World Athletics (English)

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Katsuyama is the family name, Hitomi the first name.