Yoko Hunnicutt | |
Native Name: | 太田 陽子 |
Native Name Lang: | jpn |
Birth Name: | Yoko Ota |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1975 |
Birth Place: | Amagasaki, Japan |
Country: | Japan |
Sport: | Track and field |
Event: | High jump |
Pb: | high jump: 1.95m (2002) |
Updated: | 14 September 2015 |
Yoko Hunnicutt, née Ota (born 14 January 1975 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo and raised in Kamakura, Kanagawa) is a Japanese high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.95 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Sapporo.
She finished fifth at the 1992 World Junior Championships and eleventh at the 2000 Olympics. At the regional level she won the 1991 Asian Championships and the 1998 Asian Games and finished second at the 1998 Asian Championships.
Representing | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | Asian Championships | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1st | High jump | 1.83 m | |
1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 5th | High jump | 1.85 m | |
1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 12th | High jump | 1.80 m | |
1995 | Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 9th | Triple jump | 12.88 m | |
1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 2nd | High jump | 1.91 m | |
Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 1st | High jump | 1.88 m | ||
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 26th (q) | High jump | 1.85 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 11th | High jump | 1.90 m | |
2002 | Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 6th | High jump | 1.75 m | |
Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 5th | High jump | 1.80 m | ||
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | – | High jump | NM | |
2005 | Asian Championships | Incheon, South Korea | 8th | High jump | 1.80 m |