Kota Wakabayashi (若林 康太, Wakabayashi Kōta, born 23 October 1997) is a Japanese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres run.[2] He competed in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.[3]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | 23 October 1997 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprinting |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 200 m – 20.98 (2019) 400 m – 45.81 (2018)[1] |
Kota Wakabayashi gained his first international experience at the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha in 2019, where he won the gold medal with the Japanese 4 x 400 metre relay in 3:02.94 min and the bronze medal with the mixed relay in 3:20.29 min behind the teams from Bahrain and India.
References
edit- ^ Kota Wakabayashi at World Athletics
- ^ "Kota Wakabayashi". IAAF. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
External links
edit- Kota Wakabayashi at World Athletics
- Kota Wakabayashi at the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (in Japanese)