Shingo Suetsugu

Shingo Suetsugu
Shingo Suetsugu, 2008
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	2nd June 1980 (age 40)
place of birth	Japan
Career
discipline	sprint
status	active
Medal table
Olympic Summer Games silver 2008 Beijing 4 × 100 m World championships bronze 2003 Paris 200 m
last change: April 25, 2020

Shingo Suetsugu ( Japanese 末 續 慎 吾 , Suetsugu Shingo ; born June 2, 1980 in Kumamoto ) is a Japanese athlete .

Career

He won a total of six Japanese Championships, two in the 100-meter run (2003-2004) and four in the 200-meter run (2001, 2003 and 2006-2007). When he won the title in 2003, he set the Asian record over 200 meters that is still valid today with a time of 20.03 s (status: May 2009). He also won the gold medal in the 200-meter run at the Asian Games in 2002 and 2006.

In 2003 he won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Paris over 200 meters.

He celebrated another highlight of his career at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . Together with Naoki Tsukahara , Shinji Takahira and Nobuharu Asahara he was able to win the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay . He also competed in the 100 and 200 meter run, but was eliminated here in the quarter and semi-final round.

Shingo Suetsugu has a competition weight of 68 kg with a height of 1.78 m. He starts for the Mizuno Track Club .

Top performances

• 100 m: 10.03 s, May 5, 2003, Mito
• 200 m: 20.03 s (Asian record), June 7, 2003, Yokohama
• 400 m : 45.99 s, August 18, 2002, Fujiyoshida

Web links

• Shingo Suetsugu in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Official website of Shingo Suetsugu (Japanese, English and Chinese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ gbrathletics.com: Japanese Championships
2. ↑ Athlete profile ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Japanese Athletics Federation (jap.)