Ryota Yamagata

Ryota Yamagata

Yamagata at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	154 lb (70 kg)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
University team	Keio University
Club	Seiko AC
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60 m: 6.62 (Osaka 2016) 100 m: 9.95 (Tottori 2021) 200 m: 20.41 (Yokohama 2013)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan 100 m 2013 Kazan 4×100 m relay Asian Games 2014 Incheon 4×100 m relay 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 4 × 100 m relay 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 100 m East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin 4×100 m relay 2013 Tianjin 100 m World Youth Championships 2009 Brixen Medley relay

Ryota Yamagata (山縣 亮太, Yamagata Ryōta, born 10 June 1992) is a Japanese sprinter holding the Japanese record of 9.95 in the 100m.

He won the bronze medal in the medley relay at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

In the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Yamagata was part of the 4 × 100 m relay team for Japan, which took the silver medal in the final.

He served as the captain of Japan's team at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests

Event	Time	Wind	Venue	Date	Notes
Outdoor
100 m	09.95 s	+2.0 m/s	Tottori, Japan	6 June 2021	Japanese record
200 m	20.41 s	−0.5 m/s	Yokohama, Japan	26 May 2013
Indoor
60 m	6.62 s		Osaka, Japan	13 March 2016

Records

• 100 metres
  • Current Japanese record holder - 9.95 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) (Tottori, 6 June 2021)
  • Former Japanese junior record holder – 10.23 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) (Yamaguchi, 8 October 2011)
• 4 × 100 m relay
  • Current Asian and Japanese record holder – 37.60 s (relay leg: 1st) (Rio de Janeiro, 19 August 2016)^[a]
  • Current Japanese university record holder – 38.44 s (relay leg:1st) (Tianjin, 9 October 2013)^[b]
• 60 metres (Indoor)
  • Former Japanese junior record holder – 6.71 s (Osaka, 5 February 2011)

^a with Shōta Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryū, and Asuka Cambridge

^b with Shōta Iizuka, Asuka Cambridge, and Kazuma Ōseto

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	4th	100 m	10.80 (wind: -1.2 m/s)
			3rd	Medley relay	1:52.82 (relay leg: 2nd)
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	13th (sf)	100 m	10.10 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.35 (relay leg: 1st)
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	2nd	100 m	10.21 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.12 (relay leg: 1st)
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	22nd (h)	100 m	10.21 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
	East Asian Games	Tianjin, China	2nd	100 m	10.31 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.44 (relay leg: 1st) GR, NUR
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	6th	100 m	10.26 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.49 (relay leg: 1st)
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th (sf)	100 m	10.05 (wind: +0.2 m/s) PB
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	37.60 (relay leg: 1st) AR
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	100 m	10.00 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.16 (relay leg: 1st)
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th (sf)	100 m	10.181 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	24th (h)	100 m	10.15 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.162 (relay leg: 2nd)

¹Did not start in the final
²Did not finish in the final

National Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2011	Japan Championships	Kumagaya, Saitama	4th	100 m	10.52 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
			6th	200 m	20.84 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2012	Japan Championships	Osaka, Osaka	3rd	100 m	10.34 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2013	Japan Championships	Chōfu, Tokyo	1st	100 m	10.11 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
2014	Japan Championships	Fukushima, Fukushima	2nd	100 m	10.27 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2015	Japan Championships	Niigata, Niigata	– (sf)	100 m	DNS
2016	Japan Championships	Nagoya, Aichi	2nd	100 m	10.17 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2017	Japan Championships	Osaka, Osaka	6th	100 m	10.39 (wind: +0.6 m/s)

External links

• Ryota Yamagata at World Athletics
• Ryota Yamagata at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Ryota Yamagata at Olympedia
• Ryota Yamagata at Olympics.com
• Ryota Yamagata – Tokyo 2020 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)