Shunji Karube

Shunji Karube
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born8 May 1969 (1969-05-08) (age 55)
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 metres
400 m hurdles
Now coachingHosei University Track and Field Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400 m: 45.57 (Tokyo 1997)

800 m: 1:48.04 (1995)

400 m hurdles: 48.34 (Tokyo 1997)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Paris 400 m
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok 4×400 m relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Fukuoka 4×400 m relay
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Shanghai 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Busan 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1997 Busan 400 m

Shunji Karube (苅部 俊二, Karube Shunji, born 8 May 1969 in Minami-ku, Yokohama) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and occasionally the 400 metres.

He teaches sports at Hosei University.[1]

  1. ^ Teachers' introductions, Department of Psychology, Hosei University.