Yvonne_Kanazawa

Yvonne Kanazawa

Yvonne Kanazawa

Japanese hurdler (born 1974)

Yvonne Kanazawa Scott (金沢 イボンヌ, Kanazawa Ibonnu, born 19 November 1974) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialised in the high hurdles.[1] She represented her country at two consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1996.

She was born in Shinjuku, Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a Jamaican father.[2][3] She grew up in Sacramento.

She has personal bests of 13.00 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (2000) and 8.12 seconds in the indoor 60 metres hurdles (1999). Both are current national records.

She is married to Larry Wade, another former professional hurdler and she has two sons (Jordan and Brandon). She is the head coach for sprints, hurdles and relays for the UNLV Rebels at the University of Las Vegas.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Yvonne Kanazawa at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    Yvonne Kanazawa. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-10-27.
  3. [3]
    Olympic Stars. RIM. Retrieved on 2013-10-27.
  4. [4]
    Yvonne Wade. UNLV Rebels. Retrieved on 2013-10-27.
  5. [5]
    Did not start in the final
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