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Japanese sprinter (born 1986)

Kenji Fujimitsu
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born1 May 1986 (1986-05) (age 38)
Saitama, Japan
Alma materNihon University
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event200 m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 10.23 (Tottori 2017)

200 m: 20.13 (Lucerne 2015)

300 m: 32.21 AB (Izumo 2015)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 4×100 m relay
World Relays
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Nassau 4×100 m relay
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Amman 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hong Kong 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hong Kong 4×100 m relay
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Sherbrooke Medley relay
Representing Asia-Pacific
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Split 4×100 m relay

Kenji Fujimitsu (藤光 謙司, Fujimitsu Kenji, born 1 May 1986) is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. He is a one-time Asian champion and two-time national champion in the event and has a personal best of 20.13 seconds. He is also a bronze medalist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships. He holds the Asian best in the rarely-contested 300 metres.

Personal bests

Event Time (s) Competition Venue Date Notes
100 m 10.23 (+1.9 m/s) Fuse Sprint Tottori, Japan 4 June 2017
10.14 (+3.2 m/s) KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 18 July 2015 Wind-assisted
200 m 20.13 (+0.6 m/s) Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern Lucerne, Switzerland 14 July 2015
300 m 32.21 Izumo Meet Izumo, Japan 12 April 2015 Current AB

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Japan and Asia-Pacific (Continental Cup only)
2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 10th (sf) 200 m 21.64
3rd Medley relay 1:53.11
2007 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 1st 200 m 20.85
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 20th (qf) 200 m 20.97
4th 4 × 100 m relay 38.30
Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.01
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.13
East Asian Games Hong Kong, China 1st 200 m 20.91
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.40
2010 Continental Cup Split, Croatia 5th 200 m 20.80
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.28
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 2nd 200 m 20.74
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 47.14
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.43
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 6th 4 × 100 m relay 38.39
2014 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 9th (h) 4 × 200 m relay 1:23.87
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.88
2015 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.20
World Championships Beijing, China 15th (sf) 200 m 20.34
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.60
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 64th (h) 200 m 20.86
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.04
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 5th 4 × 200 m relay 1:22.67

National titles

See also

References

  1. "さいたま市ゆかりのアスリートインタビュー". Saitama (in Japanese). 21 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. "ASIAN Continental Records (as at 31 Dec 2019)" (PDF). Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

External links

Asian Athletics Champions in men's 200 metres
Japan Championships in Athletics men's 200 metres champions


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