Chisato Kiyoyama
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1991 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m hurdles: 8.09 (Osaka, 2026) 100m hurdles: 12.77 (Yokohama, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Chisato Kiyoyama (born 24 July 1991) is a Japanese sprint hurdler. She won the silver medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.[1]
Biography
From Kyushu, she began competing in athletics when at middle school, but her early career was hampered by repeated stress fracture injuries which necessitated the incision of a titanium plate into her fibula.[2]
In 2023, she placed second in the 60 metres hurdles at the Japanese Indoor Athletics Championships in Osaka.[3] That month, she placed fourth representing Japan in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Kazakhstan.[4]
In February 2025, she placed third in the 60 metres hurdles at the Japanese Indoor Championships had an international win over 100 metres hurdles at the Adelaide Invitational in Australia.[5][6] In July 2025, she was a finalist in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 Japanese Athletics Championships, running 13.10 seconds in the final.[7] The following month, she ran a personal best of 12.77 seconds for the 100m hurdles at the Twilight Games in Yokohama.[8]
In February 2026, she won the silver medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China, finishing behind Bo-ya Zhang of Taiwan but ahead of compatriot Hitomi Nakajima.[9][10] She was subsequently selected the following month by the Japanese Athletics Federation to compete at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland.[11][12]
References
- ↑ "Chisato Kiyoyama". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ↑ "The Olympic Dreams of Chisato Kiyoyama". ichigo.gr.jp. Oct 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- ↑ "106th Japan Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 4 Feb 2023. Retrieved 22 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 Feb 2023. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "Adelaide Invitational". World Athletics. 15 Feb 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- ↑ "108th Japan Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 Feb 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- ↑ "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ↑ "The 20th Twilight Games". World Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ↑ "Taiwan's Zhang Bo-ya wins gold at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". ocac.gov.tw. 9 Feb 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- ↑ "12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 9 Feb 2026. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "Japan's 10 representatives announced. Yoshihide Kiryu and others will compete in the 60m, Nozomi Tanaka will compete in the 3000m for the second time in a row, and Clay Aaron Tatsunami will compete in the 800m". topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- ↑ "The world's most prestigious indoor athletics competition. 10 Japanese athletes selected!". jaaf.org.jp. 12 March 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.