Meg Hemphill

Meg Hemphill
Born 23 May 1996
Tanabe, Wakayama
Nationality Japan
Occupation athlete
Known for Heptathlon
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)

Meg Hemphill (born 23 May 1996, in Tanabe, Wakayama) 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]

Life

Hemphill was born in 1996.[1] Her parents are from America and Japan.[2]

She competed in the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon[2] and the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon. In the latter she won the silver medal behind Swapna Barman of India, and beat Purnima Hembram, also of India.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile of Meg HEMPHILL | All-Athletics.com". www.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  2. 1 2 "On Her Way to Being the One and Only Number One: Meg Hemphill". japanrunningnews.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  3. Results, Odisha2017, The-Sports.org, Retrieved 18 July 2017
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