Yuki Yamazaki (山崎 勇喜, Yamazaki Yūki, born 16 January 1984 in Toyama) is a Japanese race walker.[1]
 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka. Yamazaki is carried away after finishing the 50km race. He came in 5th but was disqualified. | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 January 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 50 kilometres race walk | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yamazaki began to participate in race walking at high school, and competed at the World Junior championships in his junior year.[2]
At the Osaka World Championships in 2007, he was in contention in the 50 km race until he was misdirected by officials and disqualified for entering the stadium without completing the full course. If he had finished in the top eight, he would have qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] He managed to qualify for the 2008 Olympics after setting a new Japanese record at the Japanese national championships.[2]
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 20th | 10,000m walk | 45:19.21 |
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 5th | 10,000 m | 42:02.76 |
| 2003 | Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 2nd | 20 km | 1:21:54 |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | — | 20 km | DNF |
| 16th | 50 km | 3:57:00 | |||
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | 50 km | 3:51:15 |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | — | 50 km | DNF |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 11th | 20 km | 1:21:18 |
| 7th | 50 km | 3:45:47 | |||
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | — | 50 km | DQ |
| 2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, Mexico | 6th | 50 km | 3:55:44 |
| 2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 25th | 20 km | 1:23:19 |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | – | 50 km | DQ | |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 34th | 50 km | 4:03:54 |
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuki Yamazaki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Kodama, Ikumi (4 May 2010). "YUKI YAMAZAKI - Focus on Athletes biography". iaaf.org. IAAF. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
External links
edit- Yuki Yamazaki at World Athletics
- Yuki Yamazaki at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Yuki Yamazaki at Olympedia (archive)
- Yuki Yamazaki at Olympics.com
- Yuki Yamazaki – London 2012 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
- Yuki Yamazaki – Beijing 2008 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
- Yuki Yamazaki – Athens 2004 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
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