Koki Ikeda

Koki Ikeda
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1998-05-03) 3 May 1998 (age 26)
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Sport
SportAthletics
EventRace walking
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 20 km walk
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene 20 km walk
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples 20 km walk

Koki Ikeda (池田 向希, Ikeda Kōki, born 3 May 1998) is a Japanese racewalking athlete.[1] He is a graduate of Toyo University.[2]

Ikeda won a bronze medal in 20 kilometres race walk at the 2019 Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi.[1] He represented Japan at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in 20 kilometres walk.[3] He won a silver medal at 2020 Summer Olympics[4] and the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the same event.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Koki Ikeda Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ url=https://www.toyo.ac.jp/news/academics/toyo-sports/newslist/350354/
  3. ^ "20 Kilometres Race Walk men". iaaf.org. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Athletics – Men's 20km Race Walk – Final – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 5 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ Odom, Joel (15 July 2022), "20k race walk winner at World Athletics Championships", The Oregonian