Kentaro Sato (sprinter)
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | 16 November 1994 Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan[1] | (age 30)
Alma mater | Josai University |
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Japan |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | 400 metres |
Club | Fujitsu Track & Field Team |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 200 m: 21.19 (2014)[1] 300 m: 32.83 (2015) |
Medal record |
Kentaro Sato (佐藤 拳太郎, Satō Kentarō, born 16 November 1994 in Tokorozawa, Saitama) is a Japanese track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. His personal best in the event is 44.77 seconds. He has represented Japan at several world meets including the 2017 World Championships, 2019 World Championships, and the 2023 World Championships.[3] He was also a reserve athlete for the Japanese 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympic Games.[4][5]
Personal bests
[edit]Event | Time (s) | Competition | Venue | Date | Notes |
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200 m | 21.19 (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Saitama Championships | Kumagaya, Japan | 28 June 2014 | [6] |
300 m | 32.83 | Izumo Meet | Izumo, Japan | 12 April 2015 | |
400 m | 44.77 | 2023 World Championship | Budapest, Hungary | 20 August 2023 |
International competition
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Profile". Tokorozawa (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Japanese Results of 2015 World Championships" (PDF). JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Japanese Athletics Team for the Rio 2016" (PDF). JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "2014 Saitama Championships – Results" (PDF). Saitama Association of Athletics Federations (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Kentaro Sato at World Athletics
- Kentaro Sato at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Kentaro Sato at Fujitsu Track & Field Team (in Japanese)
- Kentaro Sato at Tokorozawa (in Japanese)
- Kentaro Sato at Olympedia
- Kentaro Sato at Olympics.com
- Kentaro Sato at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Josai University alumni
- Japanese male sprinters
- Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture
- Olympic athletes for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
- Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan
- People from Tokorozawa, Saitama
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Asian Athletics Championships winners
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese athletics biography stubs