Emi Akimoto

Emi Akimoto

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
	1982 New Delhi	100 m hurdles
	1982 New Delhi	4×100 m relay
Asian Championships
	1979 Tokyo	100 m hurdles
	1979 Tokyo	4×100 m
	1981 Tokyo	100 m hurdles
	1981 Tokyo	4×100 m
	1983 Kuwait City	100 m hurdles

Emi Akimoto (Japanese: 秋元恵美; born 19 July 1956)^[1] is a Japanese former track and field athlete who specialised in the 100 metres hurdles. She was the gold medallist in the event at the Asian Athletics Championships three times consecutively from 1979 to 1983, breaking the championship record each time. She won two gold medals at the Asian Games in 1982, running in the hurdles and 4×100 metres relay.

Akimoto was a six-time champion at the Japan Championships in Athletics. She represented her country at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and ran for Asia at the IAAF World Cup in 1979 and 1981. She was also a two-time medallist at the Pacific Conference Games. In her later career she ran under her married name: Emi Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木恵美).^{[citation needed]}