Nobuya Kato

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Nobuya Kato
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born16 April 1995 (1995-04-16) (age 29)
Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan[1]
Alma materWaseda University
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event400 metres
ClubHULFT[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal best45.69 (Fukuroi 2013)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 4×400 m relay
World University Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju 4×400 m relay
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eugene 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eugene 4×400 m relay

Nobuya Kato (加藤 修也, Katō Nobuya, born 16 April 1995) is a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

Personal best

Event Time (s) Competition Venue Date Notes
400 m 45.69 Ekopa Track Games Fukuroi, Japan 2 November 2013 [5]

International competition

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing  Japan
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 10th (h) 4×400 m relay 3:12.63 (relay leg: 3rd) SB
World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 2nd 400 m 46.17 SB
2nd 4×400 m relay 3:04.11 (relay leg: 4th) AJR
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 5th 400 m 46.13
1st 4×400 m relay 3:01.88 (relay leg: 4th) SB
2015 World University Games Gwangju, South Korea 2nd 4×400 m relay 3:07.75 (relay leg: 2nd)
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13th (h) 4×400 m relay 3:02.95 (relay leg: 4th)

References

  1. ^ "<リオ五輪>加藤、亡き母にささぐ力走 父「よく乗り越えた」". Shizuoka Shimbun (in Japanese). 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ^ "セゾン情報システムズ、スポーツ文化活動の一環として陸上競技加藤修也選手採用" (PDF). Saison Information Systems Co., Ltd. (in Japanese). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Nobuya Kato". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  5. ^ "4th Ekopa Track Games – Results". Shizuoka Western Athletics Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2020.

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