Yūsuke Suzuki
Yūsuke Suzuki ( Japanese 鈴木 雄 介 , Suzuki Yūsuke; born January 2, 1988 in Tatsunokuchi (today: Nomi )) is a Japanese walker .
At the Junior World Championships in 2006 , he won bronze in the 10 km walk. In the 20 km walk he finished 42nd at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin and eighth place in Daegu in 2011 . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , he came in 36th place. In 2013 he was twelfth at the World Championships in Moscow , and in 2014 he won silver at the Asian Games in Gwangju .
On March 15, 2015, he set a world record at the Asian Walking Championships in Nomi with 1:16:36 h. At the World Championships in Beijing , he did not reach the goal.
Suzuki studied at Juntendō University .
Web links
- Yusuke Suzuki in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Yūsuke Suzuki in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c ５０ 年 ぶ り 大 快 挙！ 鈴木 雄 介 、 競 歩 世界 新 新 に 「び っ く り」 ／ 陸上 . In: Sanspo.com. March 16, 2015, Retrieved September 28, 2015 (Japanese).
- ^ IAAF: Suzuki breaks 20km race walk world record . March 15, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suzuki, Yūsuke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 鈴木 雄 介 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese walker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd January 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tatsunokuchi (today: Nomi ) |