Marina Saitō
Marina Saitō | |||||||
nation | Japan | ||||||
birthday | 15th October 1995 (age 25) | ||||||
place of birth | Ibaraki Prefecture , Japan | ||||||
size | 164 cm | ||||||
Weight | 65 kg | ||||||
job | Student | ||||||
Career | |||||||
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discipline | Javelin | ||||||
Best performance | 62.37 m (August 25, 2017 in Taipei ) | ||||||
status | active | ||||||
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last change: April 22, 2019 |
Marina Saitō ( Japanese 斉 藤 真理 菜 , Saitō Marina ; born October 15, 1995 in Ibaraki Prefecture ) is a Japanese javelin thrower .
Athletic career
In 2017 she increased her best performance in the over 60 meters and thus qualified for the World Championships in London , where she was eliminated with 60.86 meters in the qualification . A few weeks later she won the silver medal behind the Polish Marcelina Witek at the World Student Games in Taipei with a new personal best of 62.37 m . In 2018 she took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time and came fourth there with a throw of 56.46 m. The following year she finished ninth at the Asian Championships in Doha with 52.40 m.
In 2018 Saito became the Japanese javelin throwing champion. She is a student teacher for physical education at Kokushikan University in Tokyo Prefecture .
Web links
- Marina Saitō in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bob Ramsak: Report: women's javelin qualification - IAAF World Championships London 2017 ( English ) IAAF. August 6, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
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SURNAME | Saitō, Marina |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 斉 藤 真理 菜 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese javelin thrower |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1995 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ibaraki prefecture |