Hiroko Sato (athlete)
{{Short description|Japanese javelin thrower (born 1939)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Hiroko Sato
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| nationality = Japanese
| sport = Athletics
| event = Javelin throw
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|6|10|df=yes}}
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| height =160 cm
| weight =55 kg
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{{Nihongo|Hiroko Sato|佐藤 弘子|Satō Hiroko|born 10 June 1939}} is a Japanese retired track and field athlete, who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/hiroko-sato-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211512/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/hiroko-sato-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Hiroko Sato Olympic Results |accessdate=18 January 2018}}
Biography
Sato finished second behind Anneliese Gerhards in the javelin throw event at the British 1963 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19630707/286/0030 |title=Dorothy's Dinner Double |work=Sunday Mirror |date=7 July 1963 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 February 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=27 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 February 2025 }}
The following year at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Sato competed in the women's javelin throw competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72404 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=27 February 2025}}
References
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{{Footer Asian Games Champions Javelin Throw Women}}
{{Japan Championships in Athletics women's javelin throw champions}}
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Japanese female javelin throwers
Category:Olympic female javelin throwers
Category:Olympic athletes for Japan
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Category:20th-century Japanese sportswomen
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