Mitsuhiro Sato
Japanese sprinter (born 1980)
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Born | 8 January 1980 (1980-01-08) (age 44) Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Sendai University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2009[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 400 m: 45.50 (Yokohama 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mitsuhiro Sato (佐藤 光浩, Satō Mitsuhiro, born 8 January 1980 in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima) is a retired Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.
He finished fourth in 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games, together with teammates Yuki Yamaguchi, Jun Osakada and Tomohiro Ito. Sato also competed at the World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
His personal best time is 45.50 seconds, achieved in June 2003 in Yokohama.
International competition
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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1999 | Asian Junior Championships | Singapore | 3rd | 400 m | 46.75 | |
1st | 4×400 m relay | 3:07.38 (relay leg: 1st) | GR | |||
2001 | East Asian Games | Osaka, Japan | 1st | 4×400 m relay | 3:03.74 (relay leg: 1st) | GR |
Summer Universiade | Beijing, China | 7th | 400 m | 46.99 | ||
3rd | 4×400 m relay | 3:03.63 (relay leg: 1st) | ||||
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 40th (h) | 400 m | 46.53 | |
7th | 4×400 m relay | 3:03.15 (relay leg: 4th) | ||||
Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 8th | 400 m | 47.40 | ||
2nd | 4×400 m relay | 3:03.59 | ||||
2004 | Summer Olympics[3] | Athens, Greece | 44th (h) | 400 m | 46.70 | |
4th | 4×400 m relay | 3:00.99 (relay leg: 4th) | SB | |||
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 23rd (sf) | 400 m | 48.55 | |
— (h) | 4×400 m relay | DQ (relay leg: 4th) | ||||
Asian Championships | Incheon, South Korea | 1st | 4×400 m relay | 3:03.51 (relay leg: 4th) | ||
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 10th (h) | 4×400 m relay | 3:02.76 (relay leg: 4th) |
National titles
- Japanese Championships
- 400 m: 2003, 2004
References
- ^ "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "引退の佐藤をチームメートが胴上げ/陸上". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 27 September 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mitsuhiro Sato". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
- Mitsuhiro Sato at World Athletics
- Mitsuhiro Sato at Olympics.com
- Mitsuhiro Sato at Olympedia
- Mitsuhiro Sato at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Mitsuhiro Sato at Fujitsu Track & Field Team (in Japanese) (archived)
- Mitsuhiro Sato at TBS (in Japanese) (archived)
- Mitsuhiro Sato at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (English translation)
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Japan Championships in Athletics men's 400 metres champions
- 1913: Yunosuke Kojima
- 1914: Seiji Tsumura
- 1915: Ichiro Sawada
- 1916: Shinichi Yamaoka
- 1917: Shinsaku Yamauchi
- 1918–19: Iwao Saiki
- 1920–21: Tetsuya Shimamura
- 1922–23: Tokushige Noto
- 1924: Not held
- 1925: Tokushige Noto
- 1926: Matsui Hisashi
- 1927–28: Hideo Matsushige
- 1929: Teiichi Nishi
- 1930: Takeo Hakoshima
- 1931: Teiichi Nishi
- 1932: Iwao Masuda
- 1933: Teiichi Nishi
- 1934–35: Keiji Imai
- 1936: Sannosuke Morimachi
- 1937: Toyoji Aihara
- 1938: Katsuzo Sato
- 1939: Shigeo Miki
- 1940: Koichi Funada
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Shohei Yoshida
- 1943–45: Not held
- 1946: Shohei Yoshida
- 1947: Shinji Shuto
- 1948–49: Shin Sakane
- 1950: Eitaro Okano
- 1951: Katsura Takahashi
- 1952: Herb McKenley (JAM)
- 1953–57: Kanji Akagi
- 1958: Kimitada Hayase
- 1959: Keiji Ogushi
- 1960: Kimitada Hayase
- 1961: Keiji Ogushi
- 1962: Kimitada Hayase
- 1963: Hans-Joachim Reske (FRG)
- 1964: Kimitada Hayase
- 1965: Masami Yoshida
- 1966: Yoshinori Sakai
- 1967: Katsuyuki Osawa
- 1968: Yoshihiro Amano
- 1969–74: Yoshiharu Tomonaga
- 1975: Toshio Mizuno
- 1976: Akira Matsumoto
- 1977–78: Yasuhiro Harada
- 1979–81: Eiji Natori
- 1982: Susumu Takano
- 1983–84: Hiromi Kawasumi
- 1985–88: Susumu Takano
- 1989: Koichi Konakatomi
- 1990: Takahiro Watanabe
- 1991–92: Susumu Takano
- 1993: Shunji Karube
- 1994: Shigekazu Ōmori
- 1995: Masayoshi Kan
- 1996: Shigekazu Ōmori
- 1997: Takahiko Yamamura
- 1998: Kenji Tabata
- 1999: Jun Osakada
- 2000: Takahiko Yamamura
- 2001: Jun Osakada
- 2002: Kenji Tabata
- 2003–04: Mitsuhiro Sato
- 2005–15: Yuzo Kanemaru
- 2016: Julian Walsh
- 2017: Takamasa Kitagawa
- 2018–19: Julian Walsh
- 2020: Rikuya Itō
- 2021: Kaito Kawabata
- 2022: Fuga Sato
- 2023: Yuki Joseph Nakajima
- 2024: Yuki Joseph Nakajima
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