Fumiyo Yoshida


Fumiyo Yoshida is a Japanese triple jumper. She competed at the 2007 [World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Championships] without reaching the final. She was a nine-time Japanese Championships triple jump champion.

Domestic career

Japanese College Championships

Yoshida competed in the Japanese College Championships in 2001, 2002, and 2003, representing Chuo University. She won, taking the title in triple jump in all three appearances.

Japanese Championships

Yoshida competed in the Japanese Championships every year between 2002 and her retirement in 2016. She won the national title nine times, in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013. She came in second in 2002, 2004, and 2011.
2014 was the last year Yoshida competed in any event other than the Japan Championships, and that year she came in 4th. The next two years, the Japan Championships was the only event she competed in, and she came 7th and 11th. After the 2016 Championships, Yoshida retired from competition.

International career

East Asian Games

Yoshida competed in the 1997 East Asian games in Busan, South Korea, at the age of just 16, coming 6th.

Asian Championships

Yoshida competed in the Asian Championships in 2002 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2003 in Manila, Philippines, in 2005, in Incheon, South Korea, in 2007 in Amman, Jordan, and in 2009, in Guangzhou, China. In Manila in 2003, she competed in both Triple Jump and Long jump. Her best finish was 4th in Amman in 2007.

World Championships

Yoshida competed in the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, but failed to advance past the quarter finals.

Records

In the 2005 East Japan Business Championships, Yoshida set a tournament record of 13.23m, which remained unbeaten until Mariko Morimoto managed a jump of 13.36 in the 2022 Campionships.

National title

Personal life

Yoshida started working as a High School teacher in 2013.