Masaki Nashimoto

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Masaki Nashimoto
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born (1993-12-12) 12 December 1993 (age 30)
Chiba Prefecture, Japan[1]
Alma materDaito Bunka University
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
SportRunning
Event100 m
ClubNTN Track & Field Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best10.38s (Chiba 2011)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore 100 m
Asian Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Singapore 100 m

Masaki Nashimoto (梨本 真輝, Nashimoto Masaki, born December 12, 1993) is a Japanese sprinter.

Nashimoto competed in the 100 metre sprint at the 2009 Asian Youth Games and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, both held in Singapore, winning gold[2] and silver respectively. In the latter, Nashimoto lost out to Odean Skeen but beat favourite David Bolarinwa to silver in a photo finish.[3]

His personal best in the 100 metres is 10.38 seconds set in 2011.

International competition[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing  Japan and Asia (Youth Olympics medley relay only)
2009 Asian Youth Games Singapore 1st 100 m 10.82 (wind: -1.2 m/s)
(h) 4×200 m relay DQ (relay leg: 1st)
2010 Asian Youth Olympic Trials Singapore 3rd 100 m 10.85 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
Summer Youth Olympics Singapore 2nd 100 m 10.51 (wind: +0.1 m/s) PB
5th Medley relay 1:54.14 (relay leg: 1st)
2012 Asian Junior Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 8th 100 m 12.69 (wind: -2.3 m/s)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Profile". NTN Track & Field Club (in Japanese). Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Shamir Osman (July 4, 2009). "Asian Youth Games: Japan's Masaki gets his gold, and toy". Today. Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "YOG 2010: Bolarinwa settles for 100m bronze in Singapore". More Than The Games. August 21, 2010. Archived from the original on October 24, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2010.

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