Yuki Ebihara

Yuki Ebihara (海老原 有希, Ebihara Yuki, born 28 October 1985 in Tochigi Prefecture) is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.

Yuki Ebihara

Yuki Ebihara at 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1985-10-28) 28 October 1985 (age 39) Kaminokawa, Tochigi, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin
Medal record Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Javelin throw 2006 Doha Javelin throw
Updated on 11 August 2012

She made her first impact as a junior in 2004 by winning the bronze medal at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships.^[1] She followed this up with a fifth place at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics where she broke the national junior record with a mark of 54.44 metres.^[2]

Ebihara won her first senior national title in the javelin in 2006 and was selected to represent her country at the 2006 Asian Games.^[3] At the Games in Doha she threw a personal best of 57.47 m which brought her the bronze medal behind Ma Ning and Buoban Pamang.^[4] She represented Japan at the 2007 Summer Universiade but managed only eighth place.^[5]

She gained selection for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and finished twelfth in the qualifying rounds of the competition. At the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships she just missed out on a medal, finishing in fourth place. After winning her third straight national title,^[5] she competed at the 2010 Asian Games. She defeated all opposition in the javelin with a winning throw of 61.56 m – a mark which was not only an Asian Games record but a Japanese record as well.^[6] She did not reach these heights the following year: her best of 2012 was a throw of 60.32 m and she was runner-up to Risa Miyashita at the national championships. However, she outperformed Miyashita at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu by reaching the final and finishing ninth (Asia's best performer).^[7]

See also

• List of Asian Games medalists in athletics

References

1. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (16 June 2004). Saudi Arabia emerges to challenge Chinese dominance – Asian Juniors. IAAF. Retrieved on 10 December 2010.
2. Women's Javelin Throw Final. IAAF (15 July 2004). Retrieved on 10 December 2010.
3. Nakamura, Ken (3 July 2006). Murofushi back over 80m; Daigo 2.33 national record – Japanese Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 10 December 2010.
4. Asian Games: Ota foils his way to gold, Kawabata takes his cue. Kyodo News (9 December 2006). Retrieved on 10 December 2010.
5. Athlete Profile Archived 19 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese). JAAF. Retrieved on 10 December 2010.
6. Ogunode and Fukushima complete doubles in Guangzhou – Asian Games, Day 5. IAAF (26 November 2010). Retrieved on 10 December 2010.
7. 2011 World Championships – Women's javelin Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 4 May 2012.

External links

• Yuki Ebihara at World Athletics
• Yuki Ebihara at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Yuki Ebihara at Olympedia
• Yuki Ebihara at Olympics.com
• Yuki Ebihara – Rio 2016 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
• Yuki Ebihara – London 2012 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)