Kōtaro Taniguchi

Kōtaro Taniguchi
Kōtarō Taniguchi in Bhubaneswar 2017
nation	Japan
birthday	3rd November 1994 (age 25)
place of birth	Ayase , Japan
size	184 cm
Weight	79 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
status	active
Medal table
Summer Universiade 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Universiade gold Gwangju 2015 4 × 100 m
last change: July 21, 2020

Kōtarō Taniguchi ( Japanese 谷口 耕 太郎 , Taniguchi Kōtarō; born November 3, 1994 in Ayase ) is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 200-meter run .

Athletic career

Kōtarō Taniguchi gained his first international experience in 2014 when he finished fourth in the Asian 4 x 100 meter relay in 39.50 s at the Continental Cup in Marrakech . At the 2015 IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas, he finished third in 38.20 s and then finished fourth at the Asian Championships in Wuhan in the 200-meter run in 20.69 s. He then won the Japanese 4 x 100 meter relay in 39.08 s at the Summer Universiade in Gwangju and reached seventh place over 200 meters in 21.17 s. With the relay he also took part in the World Championships in Beijing , but did not reach the final there in 38.60 s . Two years later he was sixth over 200 meters at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar in 21.01 s.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 10.37 s (+1.3 m / s), July 26, 2015 in Tokyo
• 200 meters: 20.45 s (+0.6 m / s), May 3, 2014 in Fukuroi

Web links

Commons : Kōtarō Taniguchi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kotaro Taniguchi in the database of World Athletics (English)