Ikuko Yoda
 Ikuko Yoda at the 1964 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 September 1938 Nagano, Japan |
| Died | 14 October 1983 (aged 45) Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sprint running, hurdles |
Medal record | |
Ikuko Yoda (依田 郁子, Yoda Ikuko, 30 September 1938 – 14 October 1983) was a Japanese sprinter who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Yoda finished second behind Pat Nutting in the 80 metres hurdles event at the British 1963 WAAA Championships.[1][2][3]
At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Yoda competed in the 80 metres hurdles and 4 × 100 metres relay events and finished fifth in the hurdles, setting her personal best at 10.7 seconds.[4]
Yoda retired shortly after the 1964 Olympics. She committed suicide by hanging at the age of 45.[5] She previously attempted suicide in 1960, after failing to qualify for the 1960 Olympics.[6]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ikuko Yoda.
- ^ "Dorothy's Dinner Double". Sunday Mirror. 7 July 1963. Retrieved 27 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ^ Ikuko Yoda Archived 29 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ "自殺データベース (8) 昭和50年代の自殺 (1975－1984)". www004 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ 山本幸子「スパイクに恋した女 依田郁子の精神的"アキレス腱"」『Sports Graphic Number』No.92(February 5, 1984), 文藝春秋, pp. 102–107
Categories:
- 1938 births
- 1983 suicides
- 1983 deaths
- Athletes from Nagano Prefecture
- Japanese female sprinters
- Japanese female hurdlers
- Olympic female hurdlers
- Olympic athletes for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Suicides in Tokyo
- Suicides by hanging in Japan
- 20th-century Japanese sportswomen