Ryota Yamagata

Ryota Yamagata
Yamagata at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born (1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 (age 32)
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight154 lb (70 kg)[1]
Sport
Country Japan
SportAthletics
EventSprints
University teamKeio University
ClubSeiko 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
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan 4×100 m relay
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 100 m
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tianjin 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tianjin 100 m
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Brixen Medley relay
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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.[2]

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.[3]

He served as the captain of Japan's team at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Ryota Yamagata - Player Profile - Athletics". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. ^ "NameBright - Coming Soon". Singaporeathletics.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. ^ Mckirdy, Andrew (20 August 2016). "Bolt completes triple-triple with Jamaica's gold in 4×100 relay; Japan makes history by taking silver". The Japan Times. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Japan names captain and vice-captain of national team for Tokyo 2020". Olympics.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.