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{{short description|Japanese long and triple jumper}}
{{MedalTableTop|sport= Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]|country_code=JPN|medals=
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|Long jump]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Athletics Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|1998 Fukuoka]]|Triple jump}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships|2000 Jakarta]]|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships|2000 Jakarta]]|Triple jump}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|2006 Pattaya]]|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[East Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[2001 East Asian Games|2001 Osaka]]|[[Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games|Triple jump]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[2001 East Asian Games|2001 Osaka]]|[[Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games|Long jump]]}}
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'''Maho Hanaoka''' ({{langx|ja|花岡 麻帆}}; born 3 August 1976) is a Japanese former [[track and field]] athlete who competed mainly in the [[long jump]] and [[triple jump]]. She is one of Japan's best female athletes in the horizontal jumps: she holds the [[List of Japanese records in athletics|Japanese records]] for the triple jump outdoors with {{T&Fcalc|14.04}} and is also the record holder in both the long and triple jump indoors. Her long jump best of {{T&Fcalc|6.82}} is a former Japanese record, second to [[Kumiko Ikeda]].

Her greatest international performance was a long jump gold medal at the [[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]], where she set a [[List of Asian Indoor Athletics Championships records|championship record]]. She was the long jump runner-up at the [[2002 Asian Games]] and a three-time bronze medallist at the [[Asian Athletics Championships]]. She won medal in both jumps at the [[2001 East Asian Games]].

At the global level Hanaoka represented Japan at the [[2004 Olympic Games]], the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics]], twice at the [[IAAF World Indoor Championships]] (1999 and 2006), and twice at the [[Summer Universiade]] (1995 and 1999). At national level she was a five-time Japanese long jump champion and won five triple jump national titles. In her career she won seven times in the jumps at the [[National Sports Festival of Japan]].

==Career==
===Early life===
Born in [[Komuro]], [[Funabashi, Chiba|Funabashi]], [[Chiba Prefecture]], she attended high school in [[Narita, Chiba]] and later went on to study at [[Juntendo University]]. She began competing in long jump and triple jump as a teenager and by 1994 she had cleared six metres and twelve metres in the events, respectively.<ref name=JAAF>[http://www.jaaf.or.jp/fan/player/wom032.html 花岡　麻帆 Maho Hanaoka]. Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved on 2013-12-30.</ref> She won her first national title at the [[Japan Championships in Athletics]] at the age of seventeen, taking the long jump crown.<ref name=JPN>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/jpn.htm Japanese Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-12-31.</ref> Hanaoka made her international debut later that year and placed eighth at the [[Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games|1994 Asian Games]]. She represented Japan at the [[Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade|1995 Universiade]], but it was not until 1997 that she placed among the top athletes nationally, coming second in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump.<ref name=JAAF/> At the [[National Sports Festival of Japan]], she won her first triple title with a jump of {{T&Fcalc|12.72}}.<ref name=NG>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/jpng.htm Japanese National Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-12-31.</ref>

===Triple and long jump medals===
Hanaoka was second to [[Seiko Nishiuchi]] at the 1998 Japanese Championships, but she was still selected to compete internationally after clearing a [[List of Japanese records in athletics|Japanese record]] of {{T&Fcalc|13.69}}. At the [[Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]] she was seventh and the [[1998 Asian Athletics Championships]] saw her win her first medal for Japan, a bronze with her jump of {{T&Fcalc|13.24}}.<ref name=JAAF/><ref name=AsC>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm Asian Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-12-31.</ref> After an indoor national record of {{T&Fcalc|13.27}} in February,<ref name=Tilas>[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atw.php?ID=12583&Season=1999&Odd=0 Maho Hanaoka]. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-12-31.</ref> she made her global senior debut at the [[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships]], but finished in last place in the triple jump.<ref>[http://www2.iaaf.org/WIC99/Results/data/W/TJ/Rf.html Official Results - TRIPLE JUMP - Women - Final Sunday, March 07, 1999 - 13:00] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819034808/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic99/Results/data/W/TJ/Rf.html |date=August 19, 2012 }}. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-12-31.</ref> She was ninth in the long jump at the [[Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade|1999 Universiade]], but did not get past the qualifiers of the triple jump.<ref name=JAAF/> She greatly improved her personal best at the national championships that year, setting a national record of {{T&Fcalc|14.04}}.<ref>Nakamura, Ken (1999-10-04). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/hanaoka-the-star-of-japanese-national-champio Hanaoka the Star of Japanese National Championships]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref> She was also the triple jump champion at the 1999 National Games.<ref name=NG/>

Hanaoka set a personal best in the long jump at the [[2000 Asian Athletics Championships]], clearing a national record of {{T&Fcalc|6.61}}, and she was the bronze medallist in both the horizontal jumps at the competition.<ref name=AsC/> At national level she won the double at the Japanese Championships and also the long jump at the Japan National Games.<ref>Nakamura, Ken (2000-10-09). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/highlights-of-the-84th-japanese-national-cham Highlights of the 84th Japanese National Championships]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref><ref name=NG/> She won the bronze medal in the long jump and the silver medal in the triple jump at the [[Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games|2001 East Asian Games]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/easg.htm East Asian Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-12-31.</ref> For the second time in her career she broke a national record to win at the Japanese Championships, this time in the long jump with a mark of {{T&Fcalc|6.82}}. She defended her national long jump title but was runner-up to [[Kumiko Ikeda]] at the National Games.<ref>Nakamura, Ken (2001-06-10). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/japanese-national-championships-day-three Japanese National Championships Day Three]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref><ref name=NG/> The [[2001 World Championships in Athletics]] was her first global outdoor selection, but she did not get past the long jump heats.<ref name=IAAFBio>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/japan/maho-hanaoka-133261#honours Maho Hanaoka]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-12-31.</ref> She took a third straight jumps double at the 2002 Japanese Championships and won the National Games triple jump title as well.<ref>Nakamura, Ken (2002-06-09). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/makiko-yoshida-sets-record-at-86th-japanese-n Makiko Yoshida sets record at 86th Japanese National Championships]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref><ref name=NG/> The [[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Asian Games]] was her biggest meet that year and she came away with the long jump silver medal (behind India's [[Anju Bobby George]])<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asg.htm Asian Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref> and came fifth in the triple jump.<ref name=JAAF/><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/al-otaibi-stuns-busan-asian-games-athletics Al-Otaibi stuns Busan – Asian Games, Athletics Day One]. IAAF (2002-10-07). Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref>

In 2003, she set a national indoor long jump record of {{T&Fcalc|6.57}} as well as a [[200 metres]] personal best of 23.91 seconds. She won a third straight triple jump title at the National Games and was the long jump winner at the [[Oda Memorial]] and [[Japanese Corporate Track and Field Championships]].<ref name=Tilas/> She came away with no titles at the National Championships, where she was second to Ikeda in the long jump.<ref name=JAAF/> Her 2004 opened with a [[100 metres]] best of 11.72 seconds and she ranked first in both jumps at that year's national championships.<ref name=JPN/><ref>Nakamura, Ken (2004-06-07). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/japanese-championships-report Japanese Championships - report]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref> This earned Hanaoka her debut performance at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]], where she placed 33rd in the qualifying stage.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/maho-hanaoka-1.html Maho Hanaoka]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref> A knee injury forced her to change her focus to just the long jump after 2004, as her body struggled with higher impact of the triple jump event.

===Focus on long jump===
At the 2005 Japanese Championships she had the second best long jump performance of her career with a clearance of {{T&Fcalc|6.69}}. Her rival Kumiko Ikeda matched this, however, and Hanaoka was runner-up by merit of a lesser second jump.<ref name=JAAF/> Both represented Japan at the [[2005 Asian Athletics Championships]], but while Ikeda reached the podium Hanaoka managed only eighth place.<ref>[http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/20058923929.htm AsC  Incheon  KOR  1 - 4 September  16th Asian Championships, Munhak Stadium]. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref> She did win the National Games title that year.<ref name=NG/>

The first international gold medal of her career came at the [[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]] as she beat India's Bobby George in the long jump with a [[List of Asian Indoor Athletics Championships records|championship record]] of {{T&Fcalc|6.40}}.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asi.htm Asian Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref><ref>Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2006-02-12). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/shaheens-73977-asian-record-highlights-day-2 Shaheen's 7:39.77 Asian Record highlights day 2 at Asian Indoor Championships]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref> This led to her selection for the [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships]], where she competed in the qualifying round only.<ref name=IAAFBio/> She was again bested at the national championships by Ikeda (who broke Hanaoka's long jump national record that season),<ref>Nakamura, Ken (2006-05-06). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/gatlin-makes-995-season-debut-in-osaka-iaaf Gatlin makes 9.95 season debut in Osaka – IAAF World Athletics Tour]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref> but won at the National Games.<ref name=JPN/><ref name=NG/> Her third international outing of the year was the [[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Asian Games]] and she came seventh, while Ikeda won the gold medal.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061212045555/http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/Sports/AT/IGATInterResultsLJTJ.aspx?rscid=1-061-061-E-00001 2006 Asian Games - Women's Long Jump Final]. Doha 2006. Retrieved on 2014-01-01.</ref>

She competed sparingly from 2007 onwards, failing to reach the top ten at the Japanese Championships after that point. She was runner-up at the Japanese National Games in 2008, 2009 and 2010 – the latter was her final year of top level athletic competition.<ref name=Tilas/>

==Personal bests==
*[[100 metres]] – 11.72 seconds
*[[200 metres]] – 23.91 seconds
*[[Long jump]] – 6.82 metres (former national record)
*[[Triple jump]] – 14.04 metres {{AthAbbr|NR|Japanese}}
*Long jump indoor – 6.57 metres {{AthAbbr|NR|Japanese}}
*Triple jump indoor – 13.27 metres {{AthAbbr|NR|Japanese}}

==Competition record==

;National titles
*Long jump (5): 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
*Triple jump (5): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

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{{Japan Championships in Athletics women's long jump champions}}
{{Japan Championships in Athletics women's triple jump champions}}
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