Atsumi Yashima (; born 28 June 1975) is a Japanese former long-distance runner who competed in track and cross country running.
Yashima received her first international medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where she placed third in the women's 1500 metres closely behind Anita Weyermann and Marta Domínguez.World Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-29. She entered the senior ranks the following year and led the Japanese team to victory at the 1995 Asian Cross Country Championships, with Yashima and her team mates Michiko Shimizu and Yasuko Kimura sweeping the podium at the event on home turf in Chiba.Asian Cross Country Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-29. This performance earned her selection for the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she finished 69th overall.
She won her first national title at the Japan Championships in Athletics in 1995, topping the podium in the 5000 metres with a time of 15:14.77 minutes,歴代最優秀選手 . JAAF. Retrieved 2021-05-29. which was a Japanese record for the event.JPN Record Progressions- Track. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2021-05-29. Yashima was chosen to represent Japan in the 5000 m at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, but she failed to maintain her level of performance and was eliminated in the first round after finishing sixth in a slow, tactical heat.Women 5000m World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) - Saturday 12.08. Todor66. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
Yashima also represented her country in ekiden road relays, winning on two occasions: she won her leg at the International Chiba Ekiden in 1994 and finished second in her leg of the 1995 Beijing International Women's Ekiden. She did not compete again at a high level after the 1995 season.Atsumi Yashima. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
International competitions 1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal3rd1500 m4:15.841995Asian Cross Country ChampionshipsChiba, Japan1stSenior race19:241stSenior team6 ptsTeam of Yashima, Michiko Shimizu, Yasuko KimuraWorld Cross Country ChampionshipsDurham, United Kingdom69thSenior race21:554thSenior team102 ptsNon-point scoring memberTeam of Yukiko Okamoto, Kanako Haginaga, Naomi Sakashita, Yuko Kawakami, Masako Saito and YashimaWorld ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden23rd5000 m15:40.026th in heat 1
National titles Japan Championships in Athletics 5000 metres: 1995Japanese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
See also List of 5000 metres national champions (women)
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