Takayo Kondo

{{short description|Japanese pole vaulter}}

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| name = Takayo Kondo

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| nationality = Japanese

| country = Japan

| sport = Track and field

| event = Pole vault

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| alma_mater = Waseda University

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|17 November 1975}}

| birth_place = Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan

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| height = {{convert|1.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jaaf.or.jp/fan/player/wom044.html |title=Profile |website=JAAF |access-date=19 October 2020 |language=Japanese}}

| weight = {{convert|56|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| pb = 4.35 m (2004, 2007, 2009)

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

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{{Medal|Competition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2000 Jakarta|Pole vault}}

{{MedalSilver|2003 Manila|Pole vault}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Doha|Pole vault}}

{{MedalCompetition|East Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2001 Osaka|Pole vault}}

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{{Nihongo|Takayo Kondo|近藤 高代|Kondō Takayo|born 17 November 1975 in Ōtsu, Shiga}} is a retired Japanese athlete specialising in the pole vault.{{World Athletics}} She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and three consecutive World Championships each time failing to qualify for the final. She was the gold medalist at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Takayo Kondo |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/takayo-kondo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922161157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/takayo-kondo-1.html |archive-date=22 September 2013 |access-date=27 October 2013}}

She has personal bests of 4.35 metres outdoors and 4.20 metres indoors.