is a retired Japanese sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. Kida competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Sayaka Aoki, Satomi Kubokura, and Asami Tanno. She ran on the third leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 52.72 seconds. Kida and her team finished the relay in last place for a seasonal best time of 3:30.52, failing to advance into the final.
International competition YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotesRepresenting 1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland18th (h)400 m56.284th2:11.72 (relay leg: 4th)2002Asian ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka5th400 m54.692nd4×400 m relay3:38.29 (relay leg: 2nd)Asian GamesBusan, South Korea6th400 m54.134th4×400 m relay3:33.23 (relay leg: 3rd)2003Asian ChampionshipsManila, Philippines7th400 m54.755th4×400 m relay3:38.09 (relay leg: 2nd)2004Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran5th200 m25.815th400 m56.202005Asian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea9th (h)400 m55.303rd4×400 m relay3:33.54 (relay leg: 3rd)East Asian GamesMacau, China4th400 m55.002006Asian GamesDoha, Qatar7th400 m54.274th4×400 m relay3:35.08 (relay leg: 1st)2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan11th (h)4×400 m relay3:30.17 (relay leg: 4th)2008OlympicsBeijing, China13th (h)4×400 m relay3:30.52 (relay leg: 3rd)2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany12th (h)4×400 m relay3:34.46 (relay leg: 3rd)Asian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China7th400 m55.523rd4×400 m relay3:31.95 (relay leg: 3rd)
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile Mayu Kida at JAAF Mayu Kida at TBS (archived)