Haruna Kuboyama
{{Short description|Japanese sprinter (born 1996)}}
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| name = Haruna Kuboyama
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| native_name = {{langx|ja|久保山 晴菜}}
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| sport = Athletics
| event = 400 metres
100 metres
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100m:{{right|11.55 {{wind|1.5|n}} (2022)}}
400m:{{right|53.07 (2023)}}
| club = {{ill|Imamura Hospital|qid=Q30293336|s=1}}{{Cite web |title=久保山 晴菜：チームJAPAN |url=https://www.jaaf.or.jp/athletes/profile/haruna_kuboyama/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=日本陸上競技連盟公式サイト |language=ja}}
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| hometown = Saga, Japan
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|{{bull}} 400m, 4th
|{{bull}} 400m, 3rd {{BronzeMedal}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Bangkok|400 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Bangkok|4 × 400 m mixed}}
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Haruna Kuboyama ({{langx|ja|久保山 晴菜}}; born 5 April 1996){{Tilastopaja|142036|sex=f}} is a Japanese sprinter specializing in the 400 metres. She was the 2023 Japanese Champion in the 400 m, and won a bronze medal in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay at the 2023 Asian Championships.
Career
Beginning as a short sprinter as early as 2014, Kuboyama won the 2018 Japanese University Championships in the 100 metres, running 11.86 into a -2.1 m/s headwind. At her first Japanese Athletics Championships in 2019, she contested the 100 m and 200 m but did not advance to the finals. She also failed to advance to the 100 m finals at the 2020 Japanese Athletics Championships.
Kuboyama switched events to the 400 metres in 2021, debuting at 54.90 and eventually finishing 4th at the 2021 Japanese Athletics Championships in 53.72. After a 3rd-place 400 m finish at the 2022 Japanese Athletics Championships, Kuboyama was named to the Japanese mixed 4 × 400 m team at the 2022 World Championships as an alternate, but she did not get to compete as Japan did not qualify for the finals.{{cite web|url=https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62c81122d6503b36ea2c27ca.pdf|title=2022 World Championships Entry List - Japan|website=World Athletics}}
Kuboyama achieved her best national results in 2023, winning the 400 m at the national championships and placing 3rd in the 200 m. This earned her selection to Japan's 4 × 400 m, individual 400 m, and mixed 4 × 400 m teams at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships. After finishing 4th in the individual 400 m, she won a bronze medal running second leg of the mixed relay final, setting a Japanese record of 3:15.71 in the process. The following day she also placed 4th leading off the women's 4 × 400 m.
In April 2024, it was revealed that 2023 Asian Championships 400 m silver medallist Fairda Soliyeva of Uzbekistan failed a test for meldonium, disqualifying her and promoting Kuboyama to the bronze medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/aishwarya-mishras-asian-athletics-championships-2023-bronze-in-400m-set-to-be-upgraded20240409231112/|title=Aishwarya Mishra's Asian Athletics Championships 2023 bronze in 400m set to be upgraded}}
Kuboyama began her 2024 season finishing 4th at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in the 400 m. She finished 8th at the 2024 Diamond League Shanghai outdoors.
Personal life
Kuboyama is from Saga, Japan where she attended {{ill|Saga Kita High School|ja|佐賀県立佐賀北高等学校}} and Fukuoka University.{{Cite web |title=Haruna Kuboyama |url=https://athleticspodium.com/athlete/72830/haruna-kuboyama |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Athletics Podium |language=en}} She competes representing {{ill|Imamura Hospital|qid=Q30293336|s=1}}.
Statistics
=Personal best progression=
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|+ 400m progression | ||||||
| # | Mark | class=unsortable| {{Abbr|Pl.|Place}} | Competition | Venue | Date | class=unsortable| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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| align=center| 1 | align=right| 54.90 | {{Gold1}} {{sma|(Round B)}} | Shizuoka International Athletics Meet | Fukuroi, Japan | align=right| {{dts|2 May 2021}} | {{Tilr|12983252}} |
| align=center| 2 | align=right| 53.94 | {{Bronze3}} | Denka Athletics Challenge Cup | Niigata, Japan | align=right| {{dts|5 Jun 2021}} | {{Tilr|12988380}} |
| align=center| 3 | align=right| 53.59 | {{Silver2}} {{sma|(Heat 3)}} | Japanese Athletics Championships | Osaka, Japan | align=right| 2021 Japanese Athletics Championships | {{Tilr|12990669}} |
| align=center| 4 | align=right| 53.32 | {{Gold1}} {{sma|(Heat 2)}} | Japanese Athletics Championships | Osaka, Japan | align=right| 2022 Japanese Athletics Championships | {{Tilr|13016361}} |
| align=center| 5 | align=right| 53.24 | {{Gold1}} | All Japan Corporate Team Championships | Gifu, Japan | align=right| {{dts|23 Sep 2022}} | {{Tilr|13021836}} |
| align=center| 6 | align=right| 53.16 | {{Silver2}} | Shizuoka International Athletics Meet | Fukuroi, Japan | align=right| {{dts|2 May 2023}} | {{Tilr|13038222}} |
| align=center| 7 | align=right| 53.07 | {{Silver2}} | Kinami Michitaka Memorial Athletics Meet | Osaka, Japan | align=right| {{dts|5 May 2023}} | {{Tilr|13038229}} |
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics|14809386}}
{{Japan Championships in Athletics women's 400 metres champions}}
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Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen
Category:Japanese female sprinters
Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Category:Sportspeople from Saga Prefecture