Wataru Yazawa (矢澤 航, Yazawa Wataru, born 2 July 1991 in Yokohama) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the Bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Pune at the 110 m hurdles.[1] His personal best is 13.47 seconds, set in Tottori on 5 June 2016.
 Yazawa at the 2014 DécaNation (left) | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1991 (age 33) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 110 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| University team | Hosei University | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Descente Track Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 60 m hurdles: 7.86 (Osaka 2015) 110 m hurdles: 13.47 (Tottori 2016) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal bests
edit| Event | Time | Wind | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 60 m hurdles (Indoor) | 7.86 s | Osaka, Japan | 7 February 2015 | ||
| 110 m hurdles | 13.47 s | +1.4 m/s | Tottori, Japan | 5 June 2016 | Japan's 5th-fastest time |
Records
editCompetition record
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Japan
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| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 8th (sf) | 110 m hurdles (99.1 cm) | 13.67 (wind: -1.0 m/s) NYB |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 7th | 110 m hurdles (99.1 cm) | 13.88 (wind: -2.4 m/s) |
| 2011 | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | 9th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.21 (wind: -2.1 m/s) |
| Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 13th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.97 (wind: +0.2 m/s) | |
| 2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.88 (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
| East Asian Games | Tianjin, China | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.73 (wind: -0.2 m/s) | |
| 2014 | DécaNation | Paris, France | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.74 (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
| 2016 | Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 32nd (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.88 (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
| DécaNation | Marseille, France | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.74 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 2017 | Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 8th | 110 m hurdles | 14.07 (wind: -0.6 m/s) |
National Championship
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2010 | Japan Championships | Yokohama, Kanagawa | – (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ (relay leg: 4th)[2] |
| 2011 | Japan Championships | Kumagaya, Saitama | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.86 (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
| Yokohama, Kanagawa | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.89 (relay leg: 1st)[2] | ||
| 2012 | Japan Championships | Osaka, Osaka | – (f) | 110 m hurdles | DQ[3] |
| 2013 | Japan Championships | Chōfu, Tokyo | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.59 (wind: +1.3 m/s) PB |
| 2014 | Japan Championships | Fukushima, Fukushima | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.59 (wind: +0.4 m/s) =PB |
| 2015 | Japan Championships | Niigata, Niigata | 9th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.02 (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
| 2016 | Japan Championships | Nagoya, Aichi | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.48 (wind: +2.4 m/s) |
| 2017 | Japan Championships | Osaka, Osaka | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.61 (wind: -0.2 m/s) |
References
edit- ^ Asian Athletics Championships: India slip to 6th. Rediff.com (5 July 2013). Retrieved on 22 June 2016.
- ^ a b Representing Hosei University
- ^ 2nd (sf) / 13.75 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
External links
edit- Wataru Yazawa at World Athletics
- Wataru Yazawa at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Wataru Yazawa at Olympedia
- Wataru Yazawa at Olympics.com
- Wataru Yazawa – Rio 2016 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
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