Yoshitaka Iwamizu
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| Born | 20 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | 3000 metres steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yoshitaka Iwamizu (岩水 嘉孝, Iwamizu Yoshitaka; born 20 June 1979 in Toyohashi, Aichi) is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
He finished fifth at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, won a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Korea and finished eleventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals there.
He graduated from the Juntendo University.
Personal bests
- 3000 m s'chase: 8:18.93 minutes (Japanese record), 23 August 2003, Saint-Denis, France
- 5000m: 13:37.99 minutes, 21 May 2005, Fukuroi, Japan
- 10,000m: 28:17.80 minutes, 24 September 2010, Niigata, Japan
References
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Toyohashi
- Athletes from Aichi Prefecture
- Japanese athletics coaches
- Japanese men long-distance runners
- Japanese men steeplechase runners
- Olympic men steeplechase runners
- Olympic athletes for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Fujitsu people
- Japanese men cross country runners
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2005 East Asian Games
- Japanese long-distance runner stubs