Nobuharu Asahara
Nobuharu Asahara 
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| birthday | June 21, 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Kita-ku , Kobe , Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National squad | Since 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| last change: December 22, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nobuharu Asahara ( Japanese 朝 原 宣 治 , Asahara Nobuharu ; born June 21, 1972 in Kita-ku , Kobe ) is a former Japanese athlete .
He won a total of eight Japanese championships, five in the 100-meter run (1996-1997, 2000-2002) and three in the long jump (1994-1995, 1997). In 1993 he was also Asian champion in the long jump with a personal best of 8.13 m. At the Asian Games in 2002 he won the silver medal in the 100-meter run and in the 4-by-100-meter relay .
In total, Asahara took part in four Olympic Games and ten world championships (outdoor and indoor) in his career .
He celebrated his greatest sporting success at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . Together with Naoki Tsukahara , Shingo Suetsugu and Shinji Takahira , he won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay. In the 100-meter run, in which he also took part, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
On September 23, 2008, Asahara ended his professional career at the age of 36. He ran his last race at the Seiko Super Rikujō Taikai in Kawasaki , where he was bid farewell to fans and companions.
Top performances
- 60 m (hall): 6.55 s, March 1, 1997, Sindelfingen
- 100 m: 10.02 s, July 13, 2001, Oslo
- 200 m : 20.39 s, July 13, 1997, Stuttgart
- Long jump: 8.13 m, December 3, 1993, Manila
Web links
- Nobuharu Asahara in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Japanese Championships
- ↑ Japan Running News: Nobuharu Asahara Bows Out to Full House at Super Meet in Kawasaki (engl.)
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| SURNAME | Asahara, Nobuharu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 朝 原 宣 治 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kita-ku , Kobe , Hyogo Prefecture , Japan |