Ami Yamamoto

{{Short description|Japanese hurdler}}

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| name = Ami Yamamoto

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|4|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Shiga Prefecture, Japan

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 m hurdles

| education = Ritsumeikan University

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Bangkok|400 m hurdles}}

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{{Nihongo|Ami Yamamoto|山本 亜美|Yamamoto Ami|born 19 April 2002}} is a Japanese athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.{{World Athletics|14861142}} She represented her country at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships and the 2023 World Championships.

Her personal best in the event is 56.06 seconds set in Osaka in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.rikujyokyogi.co.jp/archives/104336 |title=「3台目で勝ったと思った」山本亜美が日本歴代5位の56秒06で3連覇!/日本選手権 |publisher=rikujyokyogi.co.jp |accessdate=2023-10-19|language=ja }} This is the current 5th place in Japan history.

International competitions

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{JPN}}
rowspan="4"|2023

|Summer World University Games

|Chengdu, China

|5th

|400 m hurdles

|57.19

World Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|37th (h)

|400 m hurdles

|57.76

Asian Games

|Hangzhou, China

|7th

|400 m hurdles

|57.66

Asian Athletics Championships

|Bangkok, Thailand

|bgcolor=bronze|3rd

|400 m hurdles

|57.80

National titles

References