Hitomi Shimura
Hitomi Shimura 
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 Japan
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| birthday | 8th November 1990 (age 29) |
| place of birth | Tosu , Japan |
| size | 167 cm |
| Weight | 57 kg |
| Career | |
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| discipline | 100 meter hurdles |
| Best performance | 13.02 s |
| Trainer | Kazuhisa Kawamoto |
| status | active |
| last change: February 24, 2019 | |
Hitomi Shimura ( Japanese 紫 村 仁 美 , Shimura Hitomi ; born November 8, 1990 in Tosu , Saga Prefecture ) is a hurdler who specializes in the 100 meter distance .
Athletic career
Hitomi Shimura gained her first international experience at the 2013 Asian Championships in Pune , where she was disqualified in the final. She also qualified for the World Championships in Moscow , but retired there with 13.72 s in the first round. Two years later she was at the Asian Championships in Wuhan in 13.48 s fifth, as well as at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar 2017. She also qualified again for participation in the World Championships in London , where she was 13.29 s in the lead retired. In 2018 she took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time , finishing seventh in 13.74 seconds.
In 2013 and 2015 Shimura became the Japanese champion in the 100 meter hurdles. She graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with a degree in sports science .
Personal best
- 100 m hurdles: 13.02 s (−0.6 m / s), June 8, 2013 in Tokyo
- 60 m hurdles (hall): 8.46 s, February 3, 2019 in Osaka
Web links
- Hitomi Shimura in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japanese Olympic Committee : Japanese Participants in the 2018 Asian Games, 紫 村 仁 美
- ↑ Tōhō Ginkō (a regional bank in Fukushima Prefecture), TOHO Athletics Club: 紫 村 仁 美
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shimura, Hitomi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 紫 村 仁 美 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tosu , Saga Prefecture |