Ryota Yamagata
Appearance
![]() Yamagata at the 2013 World Championships | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan | 10 June 1992
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] |
Weight | 154 lb (70 kg)[1] |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprints |
University team | Keio University |
Club | Seiko AC |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 60 m: 6.62 (Osaka 2016) 100 m: 9.95 (Tottori 2021) 200 m: 20.41 (Yokohama 2013) |
Medal record |
Ryota Yamagata (山縣 亮太, Yamagata Ryōta, born 10 June 1992) is a Japanese sprinter holding the Japanese record of 9.95 in the 100m.
He won the bronze medal in the medley relay at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[2]
In the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Yamagata was part of the 4 × 100 m relay team for Japan, which took the silver medal in the final.[3]
He served as the captain of Japan's team at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Personal bests
[edit]Event | Time | Wind | Venue | Date | Notes |
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Outdoor | |||||
100 m | 09.95 s | +2.0 m/s | Tottori, Japan | 6 June 2021 | Japanese record |
200 m | 20.41 s | −0.5 m/s | Yokohama, Japan | 26 May 2013 | |
Indoor | |||||
60 m | 6.62 s | Osaka, Japan | 13 March 2016 |
Records
[edit]- 100 metres
- 4 × 100 m relay
- 60 metres (Indoor)
- Former Japanese junior record holder – 6.71 s (Osaka, 5 February 2011)
- a with Shōta Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryū, and Asuka Cambridge
- b with Shōta Iizuka, Asuka Cambridge, and Kazuma Ōseto
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 4th | 100 m | 10.80 (wind: -1.2 m/s) |
3rd | Medley relay | 1:52.82 (relay leg: 2nd) | |||
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 10.10 (wind: +1.7 m/s) |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.35 (relay leg: 1st) | |||
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 2nd | 100 m | 10.21 (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.12 (relay leg: 1st) | |||
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 22nd (h) | 100 m | 10.21 (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |
East Asian Games | Tianjin, China | 2nd | 100 m | 10.31 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.44 (relay leg: 1st) GR, NUR | |||
2014 | Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 6th | 100 m | 10.26 (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.49 (relay leg: 1st) | |||
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11th (sf) | 100 m | 10.05 (wind: +0.2 m/s) PB |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.60 (relay leg: 1st) AR | |||
2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 2nd | 100 m | 10.00 (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.16 (relay leg: 1st) | |||
2019 | Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4th (sf) | 100 m | 10.181 (wind: +1.2 m/s) |
World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | – | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 24th (h) | 100 m | 10.15 (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.162 (relay leg: 2nd) |
1Did not start in the final
2Did not finish in the final
National Championship
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2011 | Japan Championships | Kumagaya, Saitama | 4th | 100 m | 10.52 (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
6th | 200 m | 20.84 (wind: 0.0 m/s) | |||
2012 | Japan Championships | Osaka, Osaka | 3rd | 100 m | 10.34 (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
2013 | Japan Championships | Chōfu, Tokyo | 1st | 100 m | 10.11 (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
2014 | Japan Championships | Fukushima, Fukushima | 2nd | 100 m | 10.27 (wind: +0.6 m/s) |
2015 | Japan Championships | Niigata, Niigata | – (sf) | 100 m | DNS[5] |
2016 | Japan Championships | Nagoya, Aichi | 2nd | 100 m | 10.17 (wind: -0.3 m/s) |
2017 | Japan Championships | Osaka, Osaka | 6th | 100 m | 10.39 (wind: +0.6 m/s) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ryota Yamagata - Player Profile - Athletics". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "NameBright - Coming Soon". Singaporeathletics.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Mckirdy, Andrew (20 August 2016). "Bolt completes triple-triple with Jamaica's gold in 4×100 relay; Japan makes history by taking silver". The Japan Times. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Japan names captain and vice-captain of national team for Tokyo 2020". Olympics.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ 24th (h) / 10.60 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
External links
[edit]- Ryōta Yamagata at World Athletics
- Ryōta Yamagata at JAAF (in Japanese)
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Japanese male sprinters
- Olympic male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Keio University alumni
- Oath takers at the Olympic Games
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Hiroshima