Yuji Okano
Japanese shot putter
Yuji Okano (born March 2, 1964) is a retired male shot putter from Japan. He set his personal best (17.65 metres) in the men's shot put event in Kuala Lumpur on 23 October 1991.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 1991 | Asian Championships | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3rd | 17.65 m |
| 1994 | Asian Games | Hiroshima, Japan | 7th | 17.49 m |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 10th | 16.72 m |
References
- Yuji Okano at World Athletics
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Japan Championships in Athletics men's shot put champions
- 1913: Tamotsu Tatsuno
- 1914: Kinichi Goto
- 1915: Satoshi Suzuki
- 1916: Tetsugoro Ito
- 1917–18: Shosuke Nakamura
- 1919: Hiroshi Masuda
- 1920: Tadaomi Nimura
- 1921: Mitsuzo Hanai
- 1922: Yoshio Sarumaru
- 1923: Sueyoshi Yokokawa
- 1924: Not held
- 1925: Kazuo Higuchi
- 1926: Sueyoshi Mizokawa
- 1927: Shizuo Takada
- 1928: Sueyoshi Ishida
- 1929: Mae Saito
- 1930–31: Shizuo Takada
- 1932: Denjiro Kurihara
- 1933–35: Shizuo Takada
- 1936–37: Yoshiro Kamidai
- 1938: Hanji Aoki
- 1939: Taisuke Nishida
- 1940: Hidematsu Nagakura
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Seihei Nishimura
- 1943–45: Not held
- 1946–48: Seihei Nishimura
- 1949: Takashi Kimura
- 1950–51 Fuo Denda
- 1952 Norimi Sato
- 1953–54: Yoshio Kojima
- 1955–59: Hitoshi Goto
- 1960: Shozo Yanagawa
- 1961–62: Teruo Itokawa
- 1963: Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)
- 1964: Yoshihisa Ishida
- 1965: Ichiro Watanabe
- 1966–67: Yoshihisa Ishida
- 1968–77: Masazumi Aoki
- 1978–79: Yuzo Koyama
- 1980: Yoshihisa Urita
- 1981: Tetsushi Ikegawa
- 1982: Shigenori Miura
- 1983: Yoshihisa Urita
- 1984: Yoshio Ito
- 1985–87: Yoshihisa Urita
- 1988: Toshiyuki Yamato
- 1989: Yuji Okano
- 1990: Sergey Nikolayev (URS)
- 1991: Gheorghe Gușet (ROM)
- 1992: Yuji Okano
- 1993: Adewale Olukoju (NGR)
- 1994–96: Yuji Okano
- 1997–2001: Yasutada Noguchi
- 2002: Satoshi Hatase
- 2003: Yasutada Noguchi
- 2004: Yohei Murakawa
- 2005–07: Satoshi Hatase
- 2008: Yohei Murakawa
- 2009: Sotaro Yamada
- 2010: Satoshi Hatase
- 2011: Yohei Murakawa
- 2012–18: Satoshi Hatase
- 2019: Hisashi Takeda
- 2020: Shinichi Yukinaga
- 2021: Reiji Takeda
- 2022: Hikaru Murakami
- 2023: Hitoshi Okumura
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