Megumi Sato (athlete)
Japanese high jumper
Megumi Sato (佐藤 恵, Satō Megumi, born 13 September 1966 in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture) is a retired Japanese high jumper. Her personal best jump was 1.95 metres, achieved in May 1987 in Fukuoka.
At the Olympic Games she finished eleventh in 1988 and seventh in 1992. She won the bronze medal at the 1987 Summer Universiade and 1990 Goodwill Games. On the regional level she won the 1986 and 1990 Asian Games, the latter in a new championship record of 1.94 metres. [1] In addition she won the bronze medals at the 1981 Asian Championships.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 27th (q) | high jump | 1.80 m |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 18th (q) | high jump | 1.84 m |
1986 | Asian Games | Seoul, South Korea | 1st | high jump | 1.89 m |
1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 11th | high jump | 1.85 m |
Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 3rd | high jump | 1.88 m | |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 16th (q) | high jump | 1.88 m | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 11th | high jump | 1.90 m |
1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 13th | high jump | 1.85 m |
1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 3rd | high jump | 1.89 m |
Asian Games | Beijing, China | 1st | high jump | 1.94 m | |
1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 16th (q) | high jump | 1.84 m |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 19th (q) | high jump | 1.83 m | |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 7th | high jump | 1.91 m |
World Cup | Havana, Cuba | 6th | high jump | 1.75 m | |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 34th (q) | high jump | 1.75 m |
Notes:
- Results with a (q) indicate overall position in qualifying round.
References
- Megumi Sato at World Athletics
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Asian Games champions in women's high jump
- 1951: Koyoko Yoneda (JPN)
- 1954: Ahuva Kraus (ISR)
- 1958: Emi Kamiya (JPN)
- 1962: Kinuko Tsutsumi (JPN)
- 1966: Mami Takeda (JPN)
- 1970: Michiyo Inaoka (JPN)
- 1974: Orit Abramovitz (ISR)
- 1978–1982: Zheng Dazhen (CHN)
- 1986–1990: Megumi Sato (JPN)
- 1994: Svetlana Munkova (UZB)
- 1998: Yoko Hunnicutt (JPN)
- 2002: Tatyana Efimenko (KGZ)
- 2006: Marina Aitova (KAZ)
- 2010–2018: Svetlana Radzivil (UZB)
- 2022: Safina Sadullayeva (UZB)
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