Japanese discus thrower
Toyoko Yoshino
Nationality Japanese Born (1920-04-23 ) 23 April 1920Abashiri , Hokkaido, JapanDied 24 January 2015(2015-01-24) (aged 94)Kawaguchi , Saitama, Japan Sport Athletics Event Discus throw
Toyoko Yoshino (吉野トヨ子 , Yoshino Toyoko , 23 April 1920 – 24 January 2015) was a Japanese discus thrower . She competed at the 1952 , placing fourth, and the 1956 Summer Olympics .[1]
From 1949 until 1956 she became Japanese champion eight times in a row.[2]
Japan Championships in Athletics women's 100 metres champions
Japan Championships in Athletics women's long jump champions
Japan Championships in Athletics women's shot put champions
Japan Championships in Athletics women's discus throw champions
Japan Championships in Athletics women's heptathlon and pentathlon champions
Pentathlon
1934: Tomie Kakita
1935: Hisako Tanaka
1936: Kako Yada
1941: Not held
1942: Toyoko Yoshino
1943–46: Not held
1947: Rie Yamauchi
1948: Toyoko Yoshino
1949–50: Akiko Sumitomo
1951: Yoko Sanpei
1952–53: Atsuko Nanbu
1955: Masuo Masami
1956–57: Mikiko Tozaki
1958–59: Akiko Fukuda
1960–61: Michiko Fukushima
1962: Helga Hoffmann (FRG)
1963: Jutta Heine (FRG)
1964: Miyuki Takahashi
1965: Hiromi Watanabe
1966: Michiko Okamoto
1967: Keiko Nakano
1968: Michiko Okamoto
1969: Atsuko Uei
1970: Mariko Yamanaka
1971: Setsuko Hiramoto
1972: Kyoko Shimizu
1973: Kumi Kawada
1974–76: Kyoko Shimizu
1977–80: Tomoko Uchida
Heptathlon
1981–82: Tomoko Uchida
1983: Toshiko Hashimoto
1984: Naomi Yagada
1985: Kimiko Tatsumi
1986–90: Minako Isogai
1991: Rumiko Ubukata
1992: Liliana Năstase (ROM)
1993: Yukiko Ueno
1994: Akiko Kurabe
1995–96: Rumiko Ubukata
1997: Keiko Kikukawa
1998: Noriko Seiya
1999: Kikukawa Keiko
2000–01: Sayoko Sato
2002–10: Yuki Nakata
2011: Tomoi Kiriyama
2012: Ryoka Akai
2013–14: Tomoi Kiriyama
2015–17: Meg Hemphill
2018–21: Yuki Yamasaki
2022: Meg Hemphill
2023: Yuki Yamasaki