Hitomi Kinue
Hitomi Kinue ( Japanese 人 見 絹 枝 , unreformed Romanization Hitomi Kinuye ; born January 1, 1907 in Fukunari, Fukuhama , Mitsu-gun (today: Fukunari, Minami-ku , Okayama ), Okayama Prefecture ; † August 2, 1931 ) was one Japanese athlete who was successful at the Women's World Games in the 1920s . In 1926 she was the only Japanese participant in Gothenburg, and in Prague in 1930 in a team of six. She started at the first Olympic Games in which women were allowed in athletics , won a silver medal. She was the only woman on the 40-man Japanese team and the first woman to win an Olympic medal for Japan.
Her first athletic achievement was when she was 16 when she jumped 4.67 m. After finishing school, the farmer's daughter attended the women's college for physical education. She used her talent as a writer as a journalist for a Japanese newspaper.
She died of pneumonia when she was only 24 years old. In August 1934, a sports competition was held in Prague in memory of her, in which the Japanese team from the 4th London Women's World Games on their way home took part.
Services
- Women's World Games in Gothenburg in 1926
- Bronze over 100 yards in 12.0 s behind the French Marguérite Radideau and the British Rose Thompson , both 11.8 s
- Silver in the discus throw with 33.62 m behind the Pole Halina Konopacka with 37.71 m and the Swede Elsa Svensson with 31.78 m
- Gold in the long jump with the world record distance of 5.50 m in front of the British Muriel Gunn with 5.44 m and the Czech Zdenka Smolová with 5.28 m
- Gold in the long jump from standing with 2.49 m ahead of Zdenka Smolová with 2.47 m and the Briton Barbara Halliday with 2.37 m
- Women's World Games 1930 in Prague
- Bronze over 60 meters in 7.8 s behind Stanisława Walasiewicz from Poland and Lisa Gelius from Germany in 7.8 s
- Bronze in the javelin throw with 37.01 m behind the two Germans Liesel Schumann with 42.32 m and Auguste Hargus with 40.59 m
- Silver in the three-way fight (spear, high and 1000 m) behind the German Ellen Braumüller
- Gold in the long jump with 5.90 m in front of the British Muriel Gunn -Cornell with 5.76 m and the German Selma Grieme with 5.71 m
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1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam
- Silver over 800 meters in 2: 17.6 minutes behind the German Lina Radke in 2: 16.8 minutes and in front of the Swede Inga Gentzel
- World records
literature
Web links
- http://www.jpn-miyabi.com/Vol.39/hitomi-1.html
- Hitomi Kinue in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hitomi, Kinue |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 人 見 絹 枝 (Japanese); Hitomi Kinuye (unreformed transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fukunari, Fukuhama , Mitsu-gun (today: Fukunari, Minami-ku , Okayama ), Okayama Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1931 |