Ayaka Kōra

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Ayaka Kōra (高良彩花, Kōra Ayaka, born 22 March 2001) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the long jump.[1] She won a silver medal at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. She later also won a silver at the 2019 Asian Championships.

Ayaka Kōra
Personal information
Born (2001-03-22) 22 March 2001 (age 23)
Nishinomiya, Japan
EducationUniversity of Tsukuba
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight41 kg (90 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha long jump

Her personal bests in the event are 6.44 metres outdoors (+0.8 m/s, Gifu 2018) and 6.05 metres indoors (Tallinn 2019).

International competitions edit

Representing   Japan
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2018 Asian Junior Championships Gifu, Japan 1st Long jump 6.44 m
World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 2nd Long jump 6.37 m
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd Long jump 6.16 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 12th Long jump 6.10 m
6th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 45.08 s
2023 Asian Indoor Championships Astana, Kazakhstan 7th Long jump 6.14 m
Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 5th Long jump 6.32 m

References edit