Shingo Suetsugu
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Nationality | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 2 June 1980 Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan | (age 43)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Tokai University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal bests | 100 m: 10.03 (Mito 2003) 200 m: 20.03 (Yokohama 2003) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shingo Suetsugu (末續 慎吾, Suetsugu Shingo, born June 2, 1980 in Kumamoto) is a Japanese sprinter.[1] He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.[2]
Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese national championships, also won the 100 metres in 10.13 seconds.[3] Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he reached the second-round in the 100 metres.
Suetsugu represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4×100 metres relay together with Naoki Tsukahara, Shinji Takahira and Nobuharu Asahara. In their qualification heat they placed second in behind Trinidad and Tobago, but in front of the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.52 was the third fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.15 seconds, the third time after the Jamaican and Trinidad teams, winning the bronze medal.[1] He also took part in the 200 metres individual, finishing sixth in his first round heat, with a time of 20.93 seconds, which was not enough to qualify for the second round.[1]
Personal bests
Event | Time | Wind | Venue | Date | Notes |
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100 m | 10.03 s | +1.8 m/s | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 | Japan's 4th-fastest time |
200 m | 20.03 s | +0.6 m/s | Yokohama, Japan | 7 June 2003 | Japan record |
400 m | 45.99 s | Machida, Japan | 18 August 2002 |
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Japan | |||||
1999 | Asian Junior Championships | Singapore | 3rd | 100 m | 10.68 (-0.1 m/s) |
1st | 4×100 m relay | 39.86 (3rd leg) | |||
2000 | Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 14th (sf) | 200 m | 20.69 (+0.3 m/s) |
6th | 4×100 m relay | 38.66 (3rd leg) | |||
2001 | East Asian Games | Osaka, Japan | 1st | 200 m | 20.34 (0.0 m/s) GR |
1st | 4×100 m relay | 38.93 (3rd leg) GR | |||
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 10th (sf) | 200 m | 20.39 (+0.7 m/s) | |
4th | 4×100 m relay | 38.96 (2nd leg) | |||
2002 | Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 1st | 200 m | 20.38 (0.0 m/s) |
2nd | 4×100 m relay | 38.90 (2nd leg) | |||
2003 | World Championships | Saint-Denis, France | 3rd | 200 m | 20.38 (+0.1 m/s) |
Afro-Asian Games | Hyderabad, India | 3rd | 100 m | 10.36 (-0.6 m/s) | |
2004 | Olympics | Athens, Greece | 17th (qf) | 100 m | 10.19 (0.0 m/s) |
4th | 4×100 m relay | 38.49 (2nd leg) | |||
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 11th (sf) | 200 m | 20.84 (-0.3 m/s) |
8th | 4×100 m relay | 38.77 (1st leg) | |||
Asian Championships | Incheon, South Korea | 2nd | 100 m | 10.42 (-0.3 m/s) | |
1st | 4×100 m relay | 39.10 (4th leg) | |||
2006 | World Cup | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 200 m | 20.30 (+0.1 m/s)[4] |
3rd | 4×100 m relay | 38.51 (2nd leg)[4] | |||
Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 1st | 200 m | 20.60 (+0.7 m/s) | |
2nd | 4×100 m relay | 39.21 (2nd leg) | |||
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 19th (qf) | 200 m | 20.70 (+0.9 m/s) |
5th | 4×100 m relay | 38.03 (2nd leg) AR | |||
2008 | Olympics | Beijing, China | 34th (h) | 200 m | 20.93 (-0.7 m/s) |
3rd | 4×100 m relay | 38.15 (2nd leg) |
National championships
He has won 6 times the individual national championship.
- 2 wins in the 100 metres (2003, 2004)
- 4 wins in the 200 metres (2001, 2003, 2006, 2007)
References
- ^ a b c Athlete biography: Shingo Suetsugu, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 29, 2008
- ^ Japan national records. Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved on 2009-05-10.
- ^ Akihiro Onishi and Tatsuo Terada (2003-06-09). New Asian 200m record for Suetsugu at Japanese national championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-23.
- ^ a b Representing Asia
External links
- Shingo Suetsugu at World Athletics
- Shingo Suetsugu profile at JAAF Template:Ja icon
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Kumamoto, Kumamoto
- Japanese sprinters
- Male sprinters
- Japanese male athletes
- Olympic athletes of Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games competitors for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Japan
- World Championships in Athletics medalists