Shingo Suetsugu
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2008 Beijing | 4x100 metre relay |
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2003 Paris | 200 m |
Shingo Suetsugu (末續 慎吾 Suetsugu Shingo?, born June 2, 1980 in Kumamoto) is a Japanese sprinter.[1] He is the 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, 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 in 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 time after the Jamaican and Trinidad teams, winning the bronze medal.[1] 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]
Personal bests
| Event | Best | Location | Date |
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| 100 metres | 10.03 s | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |
| 200 metres | 20.03 s | Yokohama, Japan | 7 June 2003 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Athlete biography: Shingo Suetsugu, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 29, 2008
- ↑ Japan national records. Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved on 2009-05-10.
- ↑ Akihiro Onishi and Tatsuo Terada (2003-06-09). New Asian 200m record for Suetsugu at Japanese national championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-23.
External links
- Shingo Suetsugu profile at IAAF
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- People from Kumamoto, Kumamoto
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Japanese sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
