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Ryota Yamagata

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Ryota Yamagata

Yamagata at the 2013 World Championships

Personal information

Nationality

Japan

Born

10 June 1992 (age 32)
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Height

1.77 m (5 ft91⁄2 in)^[1]

Weight

154 lb (70 kg)^[1]

Sport

Country

Japan

Sport

Athletics

Event

Sprints

University team

Keio University

Club

SeikoAC

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

Olympic Games

	2016 Rio de Janeiro	4×100 m relay
Summer Universiade
	2013 Kazan	100 m
	2013 Kazan	4×100 m relay
Asian Games
	2014 Incheon	4×100 m relay
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	4 × 100 m relay
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	100 m
East Asian Games
	2013 Tianjin	4×100 m relay
	2013 Tianjin	100 m
World Youth Championships
	2009 Brixen	Medley relay

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 GamesinRio 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
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
- Current japanese record holder - 9.95 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) (Tottori, 6 June 2021)
- Former Japanese junior record holder – 10.23 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) (Yamaguchi, 8 October 2011)
4 × 100 m relay
- Current Asian and Japanese record holder – 37.60 s (relay leg: 1st) (Rio de Janeiro, 19 August 2016)^[a]
- Current Japanese university record holder – 38.44 s (relay leg:1st) (Tianjin, 9 October 2013)^[b]
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
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	4th	100 m	10.80 (wind: -1.2 m/s)
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	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)
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.35 (relay leg: 1st)
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	2nd	100 m	10.21 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	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)
	East Asian Games	Tianjin, China	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)
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	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
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	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)
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	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)
2019	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)
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	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
2011	Japan Championships	Kumagaya, Saitama	4th	100 m	10.52 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2011	Japan Championships	Kumagaya, Saitama	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 YamagataatWorld Athletics
Ryōta YamagataatJAAF (in Japanese)

Japan Championships in Athletics men's 100 metres champions

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