Takayo Kondo

Takayo Kondo

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	17 November 1975 (1975-11-17) (age 49) Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan
Alma mater	Waseda University
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Track and field
Event	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best	4.35 m (2004, 2007, 2009)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Japan Asian Championships 2000 Jakarta Pole vault 2003 Manila Pole vault Asian Indoor Championships 2008 Doha Pole vault East Asian Games 2001 Osaka Pole vault

Takayo Kondo (近藤 高代, Kondō Takayo, born 17 November 1975 in Ōtsu, Shiga) is a retired Japanese athlete specialising in the pole vault.[2] She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and three consecutive World Championships each time failing to qualify for the final. She was the gold medalist at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships.[3]

She has personal bests of 4.35 metres outdoors and 4.20 metres indoors.

Personal bests

Event	Height	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
Outdoor	4.35 m	Chukyo University Meet	Toyota, Japan	29 May 2004	Former NR[1]
		World Championships	Osaka, Japan	26 August 2007
		Japanese Championships	Hiroshima, Japan	25 June 2009
Indoor	4.20 m		Kalbach-Riedberg, Germany	30 January 2008

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Japan
1998	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	4th	3.90 m
2000	Asian Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	4.00 m
2001	East Asian Games	Osaka, Japan	2nd	4.05 m
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	5th	4.05 m
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	4th	4.00 m
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	2nd	4.10 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	32nd (q)	4.15 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	17th (q)	4.15 m
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	8th	4.00 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	25th (q)	4.35 m
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	4.10 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	28th (q)	4.10 m
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	–	NM

National titles

• Japanese Championships
  • Pole vault: 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009

References

1. "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
2. Takayo Kondo at World Athletics
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Takayo Kondo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

External links

• Takayo Kondo at World Athletics
• Takayo Kondo at Olympics.com
• Takayo Kondo at Olympedia
• Takayo Kondo – Athens 2004 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
• Takayo Kondo at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Takayo Kondo at TBS (in Japanese) (archived)