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Haruka Kitaguchi is a Japanese athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Born in Asahikawa in 1998, she represents Japan in international competition. She is educated at Nihon University and is employed by Japan Airlines. Her native name is 北口榛花, and she speaks Japanese, English, and Czech.
Kitaguchi has participated in the women's javelin throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2023 World Athletics Championships. She competes for the Japan Athletics team. She currently resides in Domažlice.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1998-03-16 ) 16 March 1998 (age 28) , Asahikawa , Hokkaido , Japan
- Height
- 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight
- 86 kg (190 lb)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Javelin throw
- Highest world ranking
- 1st (2023)
- Personal best
- Javelin throw: 67.38m (2023)
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Team
- Japan Athletics
- Position
- Javelin Thrower
- Nationality
- Japan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Haruka
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Asahikawa
- Employer
- Japan Airlines
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Japan
- Mass
- 86
- Image
- セイコーゴールデングランプリ川崎.jpg
- Height
- 179
- Residence
- Domažlice
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- Commons category
- Haruka Kitaguchi
- date of birth
- 1998-03-16
- name in native language
- 北口榛花
- social media followers
- 6895
- sports discipline competed in
- javelin throw
- name in kana
- きたぐち はるか
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Encyclopedic overview
Haruka Kitaguchi (北口 榛花, Kitaguchi Haruka; born 16 March 1998) is a Japanese female javelin thrower. She is the reigning Olympic champion in women's javelin throw.
Early life and career
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