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Kenji Fujimitsu
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born1 May 1986 (1986-05) (age 38)
Saitama, Japan[1]
Alma materNihon University
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event200 m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 10.23 (Tottori 2017)

200 m: 20.13 (Lucerne 2015)

300 m: 32.21 AB (Izumo 2015)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 4×100 m relay
World Relays
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Nassau 4×100 m relay
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Amman 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hong Kong 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hong Kong 4×100 m relay
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Sherbrooke Medley relay
Representing Asia-Pacific
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Split 4×100 m relay

Kenji Fujimitsu (藤光 謙司, Fujimitsu Kenji, born 1 May 1986) is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. He is a one-time Asian champion and two-time national champion in the event and has a personal best of 20.13 seconds. He is also a bronze medalist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships.[2] He holds the Asian best in the rarely-contested 300 metres.[3]

Personal bests

Event Time (s) Competition Venue Date Notes
100 m 10.23 (+1.9 m/s) Fuse Sprint Tottori, Japan 4 June 2017
10.14 (+3.2 m/s) KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 18 July 2015 Wind-assisted
200 m 20.13 (+0.6 m/s) Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern Lucerne, Switzerland 14 July 2015
300 m 32.21 Izumo Meet Izumo, Japan 12 April 2015 Current AB

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Japan and Asia-Pacific (Continental Cup only)
2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 10th (sf) 200 m 21.64
3rd Medley relay 1:53.11
2007 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 1st 200 m 20.85
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 20th (qf) 200 m 20.97
4th 4 × 100 m relay 38.30
Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.01
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.13
East Asian Games Hong Kong, China 1st 200 m 20.91
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.40
2010 Continental Cup Split, Croatia 5th 200 m 20.80
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.28
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 2nd 200 m 20.74
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 47.14
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.43
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 6th 4 × 100 m relay 38.39
2014 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 9th (h) 4 × 200 m relay 1:23.87
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.88
2015 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.20
World Championships Beijing, China 15th (sf) 200 m 20.34
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.60
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 64th (h) 200 m 20.86
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.04
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 5th 4 × 200 m relay 1:22.67

National titles

See also

References

  1. ^ "さいたま市ゆかりのアスリートインタビュー". Saitama (in Japanese). 21 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ^ "ASIAN Continental Records (as at 31 Dec 2019)" (PDF). Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved 17 October 2020.


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