Shunsuke Izumiya

Shunsuke Izumiya
Shunsuke Izumiya in 2023
Personal information
Born (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
EducationJuntendo University
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
110 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests110 m hurdles: 13.00 (Zagreb, 2026)
Long jump: 8.21 m (Nanjing, 2025)
60 m hurdles: 7.50 mi (Osaka, 2021)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Japan
IAAF World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 TampereMen's 110 meters huddles
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2019 NapoliMen's 110 meters huddles

Shunsuke Izumiya (泉谷 駿介, Izumiya Shunsuke; born 26 January 2000) is a Japanese track and field athlete specialising in the high hurdles.[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World U20 Championships. He later also won a bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade.

His personal best in the 110 metres hurdles is 13.00 (+1.2 m/s) set in Zagreb in 2026.

Biography

Izumiya attended Buso High School in Yokohama. He began competing in the decathlon in 2016, winning the Inter-High School Sports Festival the following year. In 2017, he also began competing in the hurdles, running a time of 13.51 (-0.1 m/s) at the National Sports Festival.[2]

In 2018, he won a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships in the triple jump, with a mark of 15.47 metres.[3] Later that year, he won bronze at the World U20 Championships in the 110 metres hurdles.[4]

At the 2021 Japan Indoor Championships, he set a national record in the 60 metres hurdles with a time of 7.50 seconds,[5] a mark later surpassed by Shusei Nomoto at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[6]

He had set a NR in 2023 with a time of 13.04 seconds before being broken by Rachid Muratake in the Athlete Night Games in Fukui, Japan in 2025.[7]

Izumiya represented Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 110 metres hurdles, reaching the semifinals with a time of 13.32.[8]

In 2025, Izumiya finished 4th place at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the long jump with a personal best of 8.21 metres.[9] During September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, reaching the semifinals but did not finish his race.[10]

In 2026, Izumiya ran a personal best of 13.00 (+1.2 m/s) in Zagreb at the Hanžeković Memorial.[11] On 28 June 2026, he finished second behind Jamal Britt at the 2026 Paris Diamond League, clocking 13.01 (+0.8 m/s).

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Japan
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) 13.38
2019 Universiade Naples, Italy 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.49
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 10th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.35
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 14th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.42
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th 110 m hurdles 13.19
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 9th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.32
2025 World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 4th Long jump 8.21 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 25th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.521

1Did not finish in the semifinals

References

  1. ↑ Shunsuke Izumiya at World Athletics
  2. ↑ "【インターハイに挑む】陸上 泉谷駿介（神奈川・武相） 完璧な試合で２冠だ！". 高校生新聞：10代を応援するニュース＆コンテンツメディア (in Japanese). 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "18th ASIAN JUNIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Japan Association of Athletics Federations (in Japanese). 10 June 2026. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "FINAL 110m Hurdles (99.0cm) Results Tampere (Ratina Stadium) 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "日本選手権室内2021初日｜TBS陸上【公式】". note（ノート） (in Japanese). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  6. ↑ Przyborowski, Piotrek (21 March 2026). "60m hurdles winner Szymanski claims Poland's first gold in Kujawy Pomorze News Kujawy Pomorze 26 World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Muratake sets 12.92 Japanese 110m hurdles record in Fukui News Tokyo 25 World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Results 110m Hurdles Paris 2024 Olympics results: athletics qualifications at the Olympic Games". Le Monde.fr. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "FINAL Long Jump Results Nanjing 25 World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "SEMI-FINAL 110 Metres Hurdles Results Tokyo 25 World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "On line System Results : Vysledky". results.onlinesystem.cz. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
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