Masato Yokota
Masato Yokota (横田 真人, Yokota Masato, born November 19, 1987 in Tokyo) is a Japanese track and field athlete, specializing in the 800 metres. He was Japanese record holder in the 800 metres from October 18, 2009, until May 11, 2014.
He graduated the Keio University. He trains at Fujitsu Track & Field team. As the winner of the 2012 Japanese Olympic Trials, Masato represented his home country in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] He has also competed in the 2007 and 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. As of 2012, he has won six Japan Championships (2006 - 2007, 2009 - 2012).
Masato trains in the United States as a member of the Santa Monica Track Club.[2]
After his competition career, Masato currently is the head coach of the NIKE TOKYO TRACK CLUB in Tokyo, Japan.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2006 | Asian Junior Championships | Macau | 1st | 800 m | 1:51.34 |
World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 11th (sf) | 800m | 1:48.98 | |
6th (h)[3] | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:07.27 | |||
2007 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 9th (h) | 800 m | 1:52.23 |
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 38th (h) | 800 m | 1:47.16 | |
2008 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | 800 m | 1:49.30 |
2009 | Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | 4th | 800 m | 1:48.08 |
Asian Championships | Guangzhou, China | 5th | 800 m | 1:50.35 | |
2010 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 3rd | 800 m | 1:54.71 |
Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 4th | 800 m | 1:46.48 | |
2011 | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | 4th | 800 m | 1:47.05 |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 26th (h) | 800 m | 1:47.60 | |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 37th (h) | 800 m | 1:48.48 |
2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 7th | 800 m | 1:51.13 |
References
External links
- Masato Yokota at World Athletics
- JAAF profile for Masato Yokota
- FUJITSU profile for Masato Yokota
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- 1913–15: 880 yards
- 1913: Ikichi Ide
- 1914–15: Ichiro Sawada
- 1916: Taku Gishiro
- 1917: Shinsaku Yamauchi
- 1918–19: Iwao Saiki
- 1920: Takeharu Sawada
- 1921: Kikuo Toda
- 1922: Torashiro Sakairi
- 1923: Tokushige Noto
- 1924: Not held
- 1925: Naomon Nawada
- 1926: Hideo Okada
- 1927: Yukiyoshi Kuwata
- 1928: Hideo Okada
- 1929–30: Shin Hisatomi
- 1931: Toyozo Tenchika
- 1932: Akihide Fujieda
- 1933: Shusuke Hosaka
- 1934: Kumao Aochi
- 1935: Akihide Fujieda
- 1936: Toshio Kinoshita
- 1937: Toshinao Tomie
- 1938: Isanji Omori
- 1939–40: Masami Ishida
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Fumio Hirai
- 1943–45: Not held
- 1946: Susumu Takahashi
- 1947: Fumio Hirai
- 1948: Norihito Sugawara
- 1949: Yukio Kikuchi
- 1950: Ichiro Tao
- 1951: Juno Mizuki
- 1952: Yoshitaka Muroya
- 1953: Hiroaki Chosa
- 1954–55: Yoshitaka Muroya
- 1956–57: Norio Okayama
- 1958: Rei Watanabe
- 1959: Kuniaki Watanabe
- 1960–61: Aoi Morimoto
- 1962: Katsu Nakanishi
- 1963: Aoi Morimoto
- 1964: Kiyoshi Odaka
- 1965: Norihiko Tsukagoshi
- 1966–67: Satsuo Iwashita
- 1968: Jun Nagai
- 1969: Toru Ota
- 1970: Kazuyoshi Mizuno
- 1971–72: Toru Ota
- 1973: Kazuyoshi Mizuno
- 1974–78: Takashi Ishii
- 1979: Toshifumi Shigenari
- 1980: Toshihiro Funaki
- 1981–82: Yutaka Hirai
- 1983: Toru Shioda
- 1984: Yutaka Hirai
- 1985: Kazumitsu Hirata
- 1986: Toru Shioda
- 1987: Yu Hoshino
- 1988: Yasushi Kano
- 1989: Dieudonné Kwizera (BDI)
- 1990: Rob Druppers (NED)
- 1991: Pablo Squella (CHI)
- 1992: Yoshito Konno
- 1993: José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)
- 1994–95 Yumasa Ono
- 1996: Yoshiharu Senba
- 1997–98: Tomohiro Kitamura
- 1999: Manabu Isshi
- 2000: Hiroshi Sasano
- 2001: Masaharu Nakano
- 2002–03: Hiroshi Sasano
- 2004: Naoto Suzuki
- 2005: Yoshihiro Shimodaira
- 2006–07: Masato Yokota
- 2008: Takeshi Kuchino
- 2009–12: Masato Yokota
- 2013–18: Sho Kawamoto
- 2019: Aaron Tatsunami Clay
- 2020: Setoguchi Daichi
- 2021: Kazuki Tamogami
- 2022: Mikuto Kaneko
- 2023: Sho Kawamoto
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