| Makiko Yoshida | |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Birth Place: | Kōriyama, Japan[1] |
| Alma Mater: | Fukushima University Graduate School |
| Height: | 1.64m (05.38feet)[2] |
| Weight: | 46kg (101lb) |
| Country: | Japan |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | 400 metres hurdles |
| Retired: | November 2014 |
| Pb: | 400 m: 53.20 (2003) 400 m hurdles: 55.89 (2003) |
is a retired Japanese athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. She was the former national record holder in the event and first Japanese female hurdler to run under 57 and 56 seconds.[3] She won several medals at the regional level.
She retired in November 2014 and became the coach of Toho Bank Athletics Club.[4]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 17th (h) | 800 m | 2:15.65 | |
| 2000 | Asian Championships | Jakarta, Indonesia | 4th | 800 m | 2:07.09 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4x400 m relay | 3:37.15 | |||
| 2001 | East Asian Games | Osaka, Japan | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 57.33 |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4x400 m relay | 3:33.06 | |||
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 13th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:33.51 | ||
| 2002 | Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 4th | 400 m | 54.67 | |
| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 57.04 | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4x400 m relay | 3:38.29 | |||
| Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 56.68 | ||
| 4th | 4x400 m relay | 3:33.23 | ||||
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 23rd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.08 | |
| 2005 | Asian Championships | Incheon, South Korea | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 56.85 |
| bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3:33.54 | |||
| 2006 | Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 58.90 | |
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