Kōsei Yamaguchi
Kōsei Yamaguchi 
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 Japan
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| birthday | 19th August 1991 (age 29) |
| place of birth | Japan |
| size | 170 cm |
| Weight | 53 kg |
| Career | |
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| discipline | Obstacle course |
| Best performance | 8: 25.04 min |
| status | active |
| last change: August 2nd, 2020 | |
Kōsei Yamaguchi ( Japanese 山口 浩 勢 , Yamaguchi Kōsei; * August 19, 1991 ) is a Japanese obstacle runner .
Athletic career
Kōsei Yamaguchi gained his first international experience at the 2010 Junior World Championships in Moncton , where he finished twelfth in the final with 9: 00.87 min in the obstacle course. At the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, he placed 73rd in 31:49 minutes and was fifth at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar in 8: 58.58 minutes. The following year he took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time and finished ninth there in 8: 47.41 minutes. In September he was fifth at the Continental Cup in Ostrava . In 2019 he finished 80th at the World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus in 35:04 minutes and finished sixth at the Asian Championships in Doha in 8:47.07 minutes.
Personal best
- 3000 m obstacle: 8: 25.04 min, July 18, 2020 in Chitose
Web links
- Kosei Yamaguchi in the database of World Athletics (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Yamaguchi, Kōsei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 山口 浩 勢 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese long distance and obstacle runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1991 |