Yuki Yamazaki (racewalker)
1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
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Yuki Yamazaki (山崎 勇喜, Yamazaki Yūki, born 16 January 1984 in Toyama) is a Japanese race walker.
Yamazaki began to participate in race walking at high school, and competed at the World Junior championships in his junior year.[1]
At the Osaka World Championships in 2007, he was in contention in the 50 km race until he was misdirected by officials and disqualified for entering the stadium without completing the full course. If he had finished in the top eight, he would have qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] He managed to qualify for the 2008 Olympics after setting a new Japanese record at the Japanese national championships.[1]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 20th | 10,000m walk | 45:19.21 |
2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 5th | 10,000 m | 42:02.76 |
2003 | Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 2nd | 20 km | 1:21:54 |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | — | 20 km | DNF |
16th | 50 km | 3:57:00 | |||
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | 50 km | 3:51:15 |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | — | 50 km | DNF |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 11th | 20 km | 1:21:18 |
7th | 50 km | 3:45:47 | |||
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | — | 50 km | DQ |
2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, Mexico | 6th | 50 km | 3:55:44 |
2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 25th | 20 km | 1:23:19 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | – | 50 km | DQ | |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 34th | 50 km | 4:03:54 |
References
- ^ a b c Kodama, Ikumi (4 May 2010). "YUKI YAMAZAKI - Focus on Athletes biography". www.iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- Yuki Yamazaki at World Athletics
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- 1955: Kazusaburo Chiyo
- 1956: Shoichi Sasaki
- 1957: Kasaburo Chiyo
- 1958: Chiyo Kazusaburo
- 1959: Yuzo Takahashi
- 1960: Shoichi Sasaki
- 1961: Kazusaburo Chiyo
- 1962: Kiue Kuribayashi
- 1963: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
- 1964: Tadamasa Ejiri
- 1965–66: Kazuo Saito
- 1967: Kimura Iwakura
- 1968: Teruhiko Asano
- 1969–71: Kanie Osamu
- 1972: Kazuo Saito
- 1973–74: Yoshio Morikawa
- 1975: Kiyoshi Watanabe
- 1976: Masaharu Kurihara
- 1977: Hiroyuki Nakamura
- 1978: Yoshihiro Iizuka
- 1979: Osamu Kanie
- 1980: Nobuyuki Kagoshima
- 1981: Kazuo Shirai
- 1982: Tadahiro Kosaka
- 1983: Yoshihiro Oya
- 1984: Tadahiro Kosaka
- 1985: Yoshiyuki Kurata
- 1986: Takehiro Sonohara
- 1987: Tadahiro Kosaka
- 1988: Atsumi Tagami
- 1989: Hirofumi Sakai
- 1990: Fumio Imamura
- 1991: Alberto Cruz (MEX)
- 1992: Hirofumi Sakai
- 1993–95: Satoshi Yanagisawa
- 1996–98: Daisuke Ikeshima
- 1999–2000: Satoshi Yanagisawa
- 2001: Yuki Yamazaki
- 2002: Toshito Fujinohara
- 2003–04: Kouyuki Tanii
- 2005–06: Kōichirō Morioka
- 2007: Yuki Yamazaki
- 2008–09: Kōichirō Morioka
- 2010: Yusuke Suzuki
- 2011: Isamu Fujisawa
- 2012–13: Yusuke Suzuki
- 2014-18: Eiki Takahashi
- 2019-20: Toshikazu Yamanishi
- 2021: Eiki Takahashi
- 2022: Koki Ikeda
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