Minori Hayakari
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Japan
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| Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | 3000 m s'chase |
| Asian Championships | ||
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2011 Kobe | 3000 m s'chase |
Minori Hayakari (早狩実紀?) (born 29 November 1972) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Her personal best of 9:33.93 minutes is the Japanese record and she has won straight Japanese national titles since the first event in 2005, taking her sixth title in 2011.
She became the first international female steeplechaser from her country, following the event's introduction to the World Championships in 2005, where she set an Asian record. She has featured in the World Championship steeplechase event from 2005 to 2011 and represented Japan in the first ever Olympic women's steeplechase at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In regional competition, she was the bronze medallist at the 2010 Asian Games and took the continental title at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships. She is a five-time participant at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and a two-time medallist at the East Asian Games (1999 and 2009).
Born in Kyoto, Hayakari attended Kyoto Yawata High School and later graduated from Doshisha University with a degree in business studies. She began her athletics career as a middle distance runner. She broke onto the national scene with a high school record over 3000 m in 1990. She finished in the top ten in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1990 and 1991. Her international senior debut came at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics held in Tokyo, where she ran in the heats of the 3000 m. She placed sixth in the 1500 metres at the 1995 Universiade and following her graduation she won a Japanese national championship double over 800 metres and 1500 metres. She represented Japan in both these events at the 1997 East Asian Games and won the 800 m silver medal and 1500 m bronze medal.
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