Daisuke Arakawa (荒川 大輔, Arakawa Daisuke, born 19 September 1981) is Japanese athlete specialising in the long jump.[2] He twice represented his country at World Championships, in 2007 and 2009, failing to reach the final.
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| Born | 19 September 1981 (age 43) Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Doshisha University | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | Long jump: 8.09 (Kobe 2008) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His personal bests are 8.09 metres outdoors (2008) and 7.77 metres indoors (2003). He also holds the Japanese masters record (M35) with 7.33 metres outdoors (2017).[3]
Competition record
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| Representing Japan
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| 2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 15th (q) | 7.31 m (wind: +0.8 m/s) |
| 2003 | Universiade | Daegu, South Korea | 12th | 7.58 m (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
| Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 5th | 7.77 m (wind: +0.6 m/s) | |
| 2006 | Asian Indoor Championships | Pattaya, Thailand | 2nd | 7.75 m |
| 2007 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 9th | 7.61 m (wind: +4.3 m/s) |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 26th (q) | 7.62 m (wind: +0.8 m/s) | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 41st (q) | 7.53 m (wind: +0.3 m/s) |
| 2017 | World Masters Games (M35) | Auckland, New Zealand | 1st | 7.33 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)[4] |
National titles
edit- Japanese Championships
- Long jump: 2007, 2009, 2012
References
edit- ^ a b "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Daisuke Arakawa at World Athletics
- ^ "Japanese Record - Men's" (PDF). Japan Masters Athletics (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Athletics-all-results" (PDF). World Masters Games. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
External links
edit- Daisuke Arakawa at World Athletics
- Daisuke Arakawa at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Daisuke Arakawa at TBS (in Japanese) (archived)
- Daisuke Arakawa on Twitter
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