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Japanese long jumper (born 2001)

Ayaka Kōra

Personal information

Born

(2001-03-22) 22 March 2001 (age 23)
Nishinomiya, Japan

Education

Height

1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)

Weight

41 kg (90 lb)

Sport

Event

Medal record

Ayaka Kōra (高良彩花, Kōra Ayaka, born 22 March 2001) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the long jump. She won a silver medal at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. She later also won a silver at the 2019 Asian Championships.

Her personal bests in the event are 6.44 metres outdoors (+0.8 m/s, Gifu 2018) and 6.05 metres indoors (Tallinn 2019).

International competitions

Representing Japan
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2018	Asian Junior Championships	Gifu, Japan	1st	Long jump	6.44 m
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	2nd	Long jump	6.37 m
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Long jump	6.16 m
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	12th	Long jump	6.10 m
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	6th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	45.08 s
2023	Asian Indoor Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	7th	Long jump	6.14 m
2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	5th	Long jump	6.32 m

v t e Japan Championships in Athletics women's long jump champions
1928–29: Kinue Hitomi 1930: Chiyo Yuasa 1931–33: Sumiko Watanabe 1934: Fusako Takino 1935: Kiyoko Itoda 1936: Shizuko Miwa 1937–38: Toyoko Yoshino 1939: Rie Yamauchi 1940: Toyoko Yoshino 1941: Not held 1942: Rie Yamauchi 1943–45: Not held 1946–48: Rie Yamauchi 1949–50: Seiko Sugimura 1951: Yoshiko Nishida 1952: Ayako Yoshikawa 1953: Yoshie Takahashi 1954: Kazue Otsuki 1955–56: Yoshie Takahashi 1957: Mikiko Tozaki 1958: Sachiko Kishimoto 1959–60: Fumiko Ito 1961: Kiyomi Akizuki 1962: Helga Hoffmann (FRG) 1963: Marie Land 1964: Sachiko Kishimoto 1965: Ritsuko Fujiyoshi 1966: Emiko Koumaru 1967–74: Hiroko Yamashita 1975: Keiko Ogawa 1976–79: Sumie Awara 1980: Kasumi Takano 1981: Niko Okumura 1982–83: Taeko Nakagawa 1984: Satomi Takase 1985–86: Minako Isogai 1987: Niko Okumura 1988: Minako Isogai 1989: Niko Okumura 1990: Larysa Berezhna (URS) 1991: Ayumi Sasaki 1992: Niko Okumura 1993: Liliana Năstase (ROM) 1994: Maho Hanaoka 1995: Shizuyo Nagashima 1996: Ayumi Sasaki 1997–98: Hitomi Takamatsu 1999: Kanako Sue 2000–02: Maho Hanaoka 2003: Kumiko Ikeda 2004: Maho Hanaoka 2005–07: Kumiko Ikeda 2008–09: Sachiko Masumi 2010–11: Kumiko Ikeda 2012–13: Saeko Okayama 2014: Mao Igarashi 2015: Saeko Okayama 2016: Konomi Kai 2017–18: Ayaka Kōra 2019: Sumire Hata 2020: Ayaka Kōra 2021-23: Sumire Hata

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