Daichi Sawano

Daichi Sawano (澤野大地, Sawano Daichi, born 16 September 1980 in Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka and raised in Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese pole vaulter.

Daichi Sawano

At the 92nd Japan Athletics Championships in June 2008
Personal information
Born	(1980-09-16) September 16, 1980 Osaka
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Japan Asian Championships 2002 Colombo Pole vault 2005 Incheon Pole vault

His personal best is 5.83 metres, which is the current Japanese National Record (as of 2019/01/01) achieved in May 2005 in Shizuoka. Sawano is a three-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2016), two-time Olympic Finalist, whose best finish was 7th at the Rio Olympics (2016).

Sawano is currently coached by the staff at the University of Japan (Nichidai) and USA Track and Field National Pole Vault Chair, Brian Yokoyama. He was formerly coached by former Japanese record holder Teruyasu Yonekura and renown Japanese pole coach Yamazaki.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Japan
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	5.40 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	10th (q)	5.60 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	14th (q)	5.55 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	13th	5.55 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th	5.50 m
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	1st	5.40 m
2006	Asian Indoor Championships	Pattaya, Thailand	1st	5.60 m
	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	9th (q)	5.65 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	5.65 m
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd	5.70 m
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	5.60 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	– (q)	NM
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	5.45 m
	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	10th (q)	5.65 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	16th (q)	5.55 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	10th	5.50 m
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	3rd	5.45 m
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	1st	5.50 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	14th	5.65 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	14th (q)	5.40 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	2nd	5.55 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	5.50 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	27th (q)	5.45 m

External links

• Daichi Sawano at World Athletics
• Daichi Sawano at Diamond League
• Daichi Sawano at the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (in Japanese)
• Daichi Sawano at Olympics.com
• Daichi Sawano at Olympedia
• Daichi Sawano on Twitter