Meg Hemphill
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | Japan |
| Born | May 23, 1996 Kyotanabe, Kyoto |
| Occupation | Athlete |
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Heptathlon |
Meg Hemphill (born 23 May 1996, in Kyotanabe, Kyoto) is a Japanese track and field athlete. She is the Japanese national champion in 2017 and was placed second in the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships heptathlon.[1]
Hemphill was born in 1996.[1] Her parents are from America and Japan.[2]
She competed in the 2015 Asian Championships[2] and the 2017 Asian Championships. In the latter she won the silver medal behind Swapna Barman of India, and beat Purnima Hembram, also of India.[3]
She finished sixth at the 2018 Asian Games, and did not finish the competition at the 2019 Asian Championships.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Profile of Meg HEMPHILL | All-Athletics.com". www.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ a b "On Her Way to Being the One and Only Number One: Meg Hemphill". japanrunningnews.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ Results, Odisha2017, The-Sports.org, Retrieved 18 July 2017
Categories:
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Kyōtanabe, Kyoto
- Sportspeople from Kyoto Prefecture
- People from Tanabe, Wakayama
- Sportspeople from Wakayama Prefecture
- Japanese heptathletes
- Asian Games competitors for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Japanese people of American descent