is a retired Japanese athlete specialising in the pole vault. 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.
She has personal bests of 4.35 metres outdoors and 4.20 metres indoors.
Personal bests EventHeightCompetitionVenueDateNotesOutdoor4.35 mChukyo University MeetToyota, Japan29 May 2004Former NRWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan26 August 2007Japanese ChampionshipsHiroshima, Japan25 June 2009Indoor4.20 mKalbach-Riedberg, Germany30 January 2008
Competition record Representing 1998Asian GamesBangkok, Thailand4th3.90 m2000Asian ChampionshipsJakarta, Indonesia1st4.00 m2001East Asian GamesOsaka, Japan2nd4.05 m2002Asian ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka5th4.05 mAsian GamesBusan, South Korea4th4.00 m2003Asian ChampionshipsManila, Philippines2nd4.10 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece32nd (q)4.15 m2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland17th (q)4.15 mAsian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea8th4.00 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan25th (q)4.35 m2008Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rd4.10 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany28th (q)4.10 mAsian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China –NM
National titles Japanese Championships Pole vault: 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009
References
External links
Takayo Kondo at JAAF Takayo Kondo at TBS (archived)