Kiyoshi Adachi

Kiyoshi Adachi was a rare combination of high jumper and pole vaulter. In 1933 he won the title at the Japan Athletics Championships in the high jump with 1.90 and four years later in the pole vault with 4.00. He was third in the high jump at the 1934 Far Eastern Games. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics he tied for sixth in the pole vault behind his two compatriots Shuhei Nishida and Sueo Oe and three Americans.

Personal Best: PV – 4.25 (1937).