Wataru Yazawa

Wataru Yazawa (矢澤 航, Yazawa Wataru, born 2 July 1991 in Yokohama) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the Bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Pune at the 110 m hurdles.[1] His personal best is 13.47 seconds, set in Tottori on 5 June 2016.

Wataru Yazawa
Yazawa at the 2014 DécaNation (left)
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born2 July 1991 (1991-07-02) (age 29)
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)110 metres hurdles
University teamHosei University
ClubDescente Track Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60 m hurdles: 7.86 (Osaka 2015)
110 m hurdles: 13.47 (Tottori 2016)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
2013 Pune110 m hurdles

Personal bests
Event Time Wind Venue Date Notes
60 m hurdles (Indoor) 7.86 s Osaka, Japan 7 February 2015
110 m hurdles 13.47 s +1.4 m/s Tottori, Japan 5 June 2016 Japan's 5th-fastest time

Records
  • 110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)
    • Current Japan's junior high school record holder - 13.84 s (+0.6 m/s) (Marugame, 21 August 2006)
  • 110 m hurdles (99.1 cm)
    • Former Japan's youth best holder - 13.67 s (-1.0 m/s) (Bydgoszcz, 12 July 2008)

Competition record
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Japan
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 8th (sf) 110 m hurdles (99.1 cm) 13.67 (wind: -1.0 m/s) NYB
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 7th 110 m hurdles (99.1 cm) 13.88 (wind: -2.4 m/s)
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 9th (h) 110 m hurdles 14.21 (wind: -2.1 m/s)
Universiade Shenzhen, China 13th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.97 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.88 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
East Asian Games Tianjin, China 4th 110 m hurdles 13.73 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
2014 DécaNation Paris, France 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.74 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 32nd (h) 110 m hurdles 13.88 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
DécaNation Marseille, France 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.74 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 8th 110 m hurdles 14.07 (wind: -0.6 m/s)

National Championship
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2010 Japan Championships Yokohama, Kanagawa – (h) 4 × 100 m relay DQ (relay leg: 4th)[2]
2011 Japan Championships Kumagaya, Saitama 1st 110 m hurdles 13.86 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
Yokohama, Kanagawa 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.89 (relay leg: 1st)[2]
2012 Japan Championships Osaka, Osaka – (f) 110 m hurdles DQ[3]
2013 Japan Championships Chōfu, Tokyo 1st 110 m hurdles 13.59 (wind: +1.3 m/s) PB
2014 Japan Championships Fukushima, Fukushima 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.59 (wind: +0.4 m/s) =PB
2015 Japan Championships Niigata, Niigata 9th (h) 110 m hurdles 14.02 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2016 Japan Championships Nagoya, Aichi 1st 110 m hurdles 13.48 (wind: +2.4 m/s)
2017 Japan Championships Osaka, Osaka 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.61 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
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References
  1. Asian Athletics Championships: India slip to 6th. Rediff.com (2013-07-05). Retrieved on 2016-06-22.
  2. Representing Hosei University
  3. 2nd (sf) / 13.75 (wind: +0.5 m/s)


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