Kinue Hitomi

Kinuye Hitomi

Kinue Hitomi at the 1928 Olympics
Personal information
Native name	人見 絹枝
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1907-01-01)January 1, 1907 Okayama, Japan
Died	August 2, 1931(1931-08-02) (aged 24). Osaka, Japan
Sport
Sport	Women’s athletics
Event(s)	all
Medal record Women’s athletics Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1928 Amsterdam 800 metres Women's World Games 1926 Gothenburg Long jump 1926 Gothenburg Standing long jump 1930 Prague Long Jump 1926 Gothenburg Discus 1930 Prague Triathlon 1926 Gothenburg 100 yards 1930 Prague 60 metres 1930 Prague Javelin

Kinue Hitomi (人見 絹枝, Hitomi Kinue^?, January 1, 1907 – August 2, 1931) was a Japanese athlete. She was the world record holder in several events in the 1920s – 1930s and was the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic medal.

Hitomi was born in what is now part of Okayama-City. In November 1923 during the 2nd Okayama Prefectural Women’s Games, she set an unofficial national record of 4m67 in the long jump event. In April 1924, Hitomi entered what is now the Japan Women's College of Physical Education. She returned to Okayama in October 1924 to participate in the 3rd Okayama Prefectural Women’s Games, where she set an unofficial world record of 10m33 in the triple jump event. She bested this record the following month at the 1924 Meiji Shrine Games in Tokyo, with a distance of 11m35 and also set an unofficial world record for the Javelin throw of 26m37.

In October 1925, Hitomi participated in the 4th Osaka Games, winning first place in the 50 metres event, and again besting her unofficial world record for the triple jump with a distance of 11m62. In the 1925 Meiji Shrine Games in Tokyo, she won both the 50 metres event and the triple jump.

In April 1926, Hitomi went to work for the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. In May, she set new unofficial national records for the long jump (5m06), shot put (10m39), 100m hurdles (15m4) at the 3rd Women’s Olympics held by the newspaper at Miyoshino. In June, in a completion sponsored by the Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, she set new unofficial national records for the long jump (5m75) and the 4 × 100 metres relay (52s2).