Shingo Suetsugu

Suetsugu Shingo

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	2 June 1980 (1980-06-02) (age 44) Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
University team	Tokai University
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 10.03 (Mito 2003) 200 m: 20.03 (Yokohama 2003) NR 400 m: 45.99 (Machida 2002)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Japan Olympics 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay World Championships 2003 Paris 200 m Asian Games 2002 Busan 200 m 2006 Doha 200 m 2002 Busan 4×100 m relay 2006 Doha 4×100 m relay Asian Championships 2005 Incheon 4×100 m relay 2005 Incheon 100 m Afro-Asian Games 2003 Hyderabad 100 m East Asian Games 2001 Osaka 200 m 2001 Osaka 4×100 m relay Asian Junior Championships 1999 Singapore 4×100 m relay 1999 Singapore 100 m Representing Asia World Cup 2006 Athens 200 m 2006 Athens 4×100 m relay

Shingo Suetsugu (末續 慎吾, Suetsugu Shingo, born 2 June 1980 in Kumamoto) is a Japanese sprinter.^[1] He is a former Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.^[2]

Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese national championships, and also won the 100 metres in 10.13 seconds.^[3] Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he reached the second round in the 100 metres.

Suetsugu represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4×100 metres relay together with Naoki Tsukahara, Shinji Takahira and Nobuharu Asahara. In their qualification heat they placed second behind Trinidad and Tobago, but in front of the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.52 was the third fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round, and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.15 seconds, the third fastest after the Jamaican and Trinidad teams, winning the bronze medal.^[1] The medal was upgraded to a silver after the Jamaicans were DQ'ed due to Nesta Carter's positive doping sample. He also took part in the 200 metres individual, finishing sixth in his first round heat, with a time of 20.93 seconds, which was not enough to qualify for the second round.^[1][4]