1. Kinue Hitomi was a Japanese track and field athlete.
16 Facts About Kinue Hitomi
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Kinue Hitomi was the first woman to represent Japan at the Olympics.
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Kinue Hitomi returned to Okayama in October 1924 to participate in the 3rd Okayama Prefectural Women's Games, where she set an unofficial world record of 10m33 in the triple jump event.
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Kinue Hitomi bested this record the following month at the 1924 Meiji Shrine Games in Tokyo, with a distance of 11m35 and set an unofficial world record for the Javelin throw of 26m37.
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In October 1925, Kinue Hitomi participated in the 4th Osaka Games, winning first place in the 50 metres event, and again besting her unofficial world record for the triple jump with a distance of 11m62.
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Kinue Hitomi travelled by the Trans-Siberian Railway alone to Moscow, where a reporter from the Mainichi Shimbun met her and escorted her to Sweden.
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Kinue Hitomi received an honorary prize from Alice Milliat, president of Federation Sportive Feminine Internationale for the most individual points at 15.
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In May 1927, at the 3rd Women's Athletic Meet at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Kinue Hitomi set two new unofficial world records for the 200-meter run and the standing jump.
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Kinue Hitomi continued to set unofficial new world records in early 1928, with the 400-meter run and 100-meter sprint in Tokyo.
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Kinue Hitomi entered the 100m, discus, and high jump individual events but had been concentrating most on the 100m.
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Kinue Hitomi then decided to join 800m in haste, and as last-minute entries were still permitted, she was allowed to compete.
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Kinue Hitomi ran 2:26.2 in the preliminary and received a silver medal in the final with a time of 2:17.6, in a race won by Lina Radke in 2:16.8.
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Kinue Hitomi became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic medal.
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In early 1930, Kinue Hitomi was asked to lecture to women's schools around the country.
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Kinue Hitomi was awarded a silver medal for her 12 individual points.
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Kinue Hitomi was surprised by the unexpected hostile reception to her athletic successes by the Japanese public.