Satomi Kubokura

Satomi Kubokura

Personal information
Born	(1982-04-27) April 27, 1982 Asahikawa, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres hurdles
Medal record Asian Championships 2007 Amman 400 m hurdles 2009 Guangzhou 400 m hurdles 2011 Kobe 400 m hurdles 2011 Kobe 4 × 400 m relay 2013 Pune 400 m hurdles 2007 Amman 4 × 400 m relay 2005 Incheon 4 × 400 m relay 2009 Guangzhou 4 × 400 m relay 2013 Pune 4 × 400 m relay Asian Games 2006 Doha 400 m hurdles 2014 Incheon 400 m hurdles 2010 Guangzhou 400 m hurdles East Asian Games 2005 Macau 400 m hurdles

Satomi Kubokura (久保倉 里美, Kubokura Satomi, born April 27, 1982 in Asahikawa) is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the 400 m hurdles.

Her personal bests are 24.32 in the 200 m achieved at Kobe on April 27, 2008; 38.12 in the 300 metres at Izumo on April 22, 2007; 53.08 in the 400 metres in Osaka on June 30, 2007; and 55.34 in the 400 m hurdles at Osaka on June 26, 2011.

She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where she qualified for the second round with the twelfth fastest overall time of 55.82 seconds.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the semi-finals of 400 metre hurdles.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	8th	400 m hurdles	58.36
2005	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	4th	400 m hurdles	57.23
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.54
	East Asian Games	Macau, China	3rd	400 m hurdles	57.38
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	2nd	400 m hurdles	56.49
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.08
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	400 m hurdles	56.74
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.82
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	26th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.01
			11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.17
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	15th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.69
			15th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.52
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	24th (h)	400 m hurdles	56.91
			14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.46
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	1st	400 m hurdles	56.62
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.95
2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	3rd	400 m hurdles	56.83
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.81
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	1st	400 m hurdles	56.52
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.00
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	21st (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.87
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.25
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	1st	400 m hurdles	56.82
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.72
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	17th (h)	400 m hurdles	56.33
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	2nd	400 m hurdles	56.21
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	35th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.34

External links

• Satomi Kubokura at World Athletics
• Satomi Kubokura at Diamond League
• Satomi Kubokura at the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (in Japanese)
• Satomi Kubokura at Olympedia
• Profile at Nikkan Sports (in Japanese)