Toshikazu Yamashita
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Born | 21 February 1977 Komatsushima, Tokushima, Japan |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR40) 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) |
| Club | Japan Self Defense Forces |
Toshikazu Yamashita (山下 敏和, Yamashita Toshikazu, born February 21, 1977 in Komatsushima, Tokushima) is a Japanese sport shooter.[1] Yamashita represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events.
In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Yamashita was able to hit a total of 590 points within six attempts, finishing twenty-eighth in the qualifying rounds.[2] Few days later, he placed eighteenth in the 50 m rifle prone, by one target behind Belarus' Petr Litvinchuk from the final attempt, with a total score of 593 points.[3] In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Yamashita was able to shoot 399 targets in a prone position, 382 in standing, and 386 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,167 points, finishing only in sixteenth place.[4]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Toshikazu Yamashita". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)
External links
 | This biographical article relating to sport shooting in Japan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Japanese male sport shooters
- Living people
- Olympic shooters of Japan
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- People from Tokushima Prefecture
- 1977 births
- Asian Games medalists in shooting
- Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games
- Japanese sport shooting biography stubs