Yoshitaka Iwamizu

Japanese long-distance runner

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Yoshitaka Iwamizu

Personal information

Born

(1979-06-20) 20 June 1979 (age 44)

Sport

Country

Japan

Sport

Track and field

Event

3000 metres steeplechase

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing Japan
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	3000 m st.

Yoshitaka Iwamizu (岩水嘉孝, Iwamizu Yoshitaka, born 20 June 1979 in Toyohashi, Aichi) is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

He finished fifth at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, won a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Korea and finished eleventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals there.

He graduated from the Juntendo University.

Personal bests

3000 m s'chase: 8:18.93 minutes (Japanese record), 23 August 2003, Saint-Denis, France
5000m: 13:37.99 minutes, 21 May 2005, Fukuroi, Japan
10,000m: 28:17.80 minutes, 24 September 2010, Niigata, Japan