Shohei Iwamoto (岩元 勝平, Iwamoto Shōhei, born 23 August 1989) is a Japanese modern pentathlete.[2]
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| Born | 23 August 1989 Saitama, Japan[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2016, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals | 2014, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won an individual bronze medal and a silver team medal in modern pentathlon at the 2014 Asian Games. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event.[3] and also represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Career
editStarting his sports career as a swimmer, Iwamoto was recruited to modern pentathlon in 2008. He won his first Japanese national championship in modern pentathlon in 2012, and further won the Japanese championship three times.[4]
His international achievements include winning a bronze medal in the men's individual at the 2014 Asian Games, behind Guo Jianli and Jung Jin-hwa.[5] He also won a silver medal in men's team with the Japanese team at the same games.[6] He represented Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he won the initial show jumping event but placed 29th overall in the men's event.[7][8][1] In November 2017 Iwamoto won the 57th Modern Pentathlon All Japan Championship, which was held in the Chiba Prefecture. Being somewhat behind after the first event (swimming), he advanced to second place after the second event (fencing). After the laser run and equestrian event he finished with the highest score, two points ahead of Ono who finished second.[9] Competing in the Modern Pentathlon World Cup, his best achievement in 2018 was sixth place in the competition in Los Angeles in April.[2][10] At the 2018 Asian Games he placed 8th overall in men's individual.[2]
He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by placing seventh in the Asian-Oceania Championship, and being the highest placed from Japan.[11] In an interview from April 2020, Iwomoto tells about his sports career so far, explains the competition format of modern pentathlon in detail, and answers questions about his goals for the Tokyo Olympics.[10] Being featured in a presentation ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, he expressed hope for better achievements than in Rio.[4] A courtesy visit by Iwamoto to Governor Shioda of the Kagoshima Prefecture ahead of the Olympics attracted enough interest to merit media coverage.[12] Competing for Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, he placed 28th in men's individual.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Shohei Iwamoto". olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Shohei IWAMOTO". uipmworld.org. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Shohei Iwamoto". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ a b "IWAMOTO Shohei: Enjoying competing is the key to winning". olympics.com. 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual, Final Results". Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team". Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "近代五種、三口22位 岩元は29位". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 21 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Individual, Men". olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "第57回近代五種全日本選手権大 岩元勝平" (PDF). mod.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ a b 中村僚 (6 April 2020). "キングオブスポーツ・近代五種の岩元勝平が語る五輪への決意" [King of Sports-Modern Pentathlon Shohei Iwamoto talks about his determination for the Olympics]. sports.smt.docomo.ne.jp (in Japanese).
- ^ "近代五種 東京五輪代表に岩元勝平と高宮なつ美が内定". nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "近代五種・岩元選手（東京五輪日本代表）が知事表敬". MBC Sports News (in Japanese). 21 June 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
