Ayako Kimura

{{Short description|Japanese hurdler (born 1988)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}

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| image = Ayako Kimura 2017.jpg

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| caption = Kimura at the 2017 Asian Championships

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|6|11}}

| birth_place = Hiroshima, Japan{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/ayako-kimura-1.html |title=Ayako Kimura |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203103903/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/ayako-kimura-1.html |archivedate=3 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}

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| height = 168 cm{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kimura-ayako-1027211/ |title=Ayako Kimura |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826041311/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kimura-ayako-1027211/ |archivedate=26 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}

| weight = 52 kg

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 100 m hurdles, 200 m

| pb = 200 m – 25.00 (2017)
100 mH – 13.03 (2013){{World Athletics}}

| club = Edion, Hiroshima

| coach = Manabu Kawagoe

| alma_mater = Yokohama National University

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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze |2014 Incheon|100 metres hurdles}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2013 Pune|100 metres hurdles}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Wuhan|100 metres hurdles}}

{{Medal|Silver|2017 Bhubaneswar|100 metres hurdles}}

{{Medal|Gold|2019 Doha|100 metres hurdles}}

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{{Nihongo|Ayako Kimura|木村 文子|Kimura Ayako|born 11 June 1988}} is a Japanese hurdler. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100 meter hurdles, and failed to reach the final. She won a gold, a bronze and a silver medal in this event at the Asian championships in 2013, 2015 and 2017, respectively.