Toshio Toyota
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Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 19 July 1956[1] Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, Japan[1] | (age 65)||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Kumamoto Prefectural Taragi High School[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1987[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.41 (1982) 200 m: 20.81 (1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toshio Toyota (豊田 敏夫, Toyota Toshio, born 19 July 1956 in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto) is a Japanese retired sprinter. He qualified for the 1980 Japan Olympic team but did not compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.[2][3] He was the gold medallist in the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1981 Asian Championships and the first Japanese to run under 21 seconds with electronic timing in the 200 metres.[4]
Personal bests[]
- 100 metres – 10.41 (1982)
- 200 metres – 20.81 (1982) - Former national record
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1977 | World Cup | Düsseldorf, West Germany | 6th | 200 m | 21.24 (wind: +1.0 m/s) |
1979 | Asian Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | 200 m | 21.39 |
1981 | Asian Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | 100 m | 10.75 |
1st | 200 m | 20.99 | |||
1st | 4×100 m relay | 39.86 (relay leg: 2nd) | |||
World Cup | Rome, Italy | 8th | 200 m | 21.39 (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
7th | 4×100 m relay | 40.07 (relay leg: 1st) | |||
1982 | Asian Games | New Delhi, India | 2nd | 200 m | 21.13 |
3rd | 4×100 m relay | 39.97 (relay leg: 4th) |
National titles[]
- Japanese Championships
- 100 m: 1977, 1979
- 200 m: 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "モスクワ五輪「幻の代表」陸上短距離・豊田敏夫さん、選手にエール (4/4ページ)". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "モスクワ五輪「幻の代表」陸上短距離・豊田敏夫さん、選手にエール (1/4ページ)". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "モスクワ五輪「幻の代表」陸上短距離・豊田敏夫さん、選手にエール (3/4ページ)". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "モスクワ五輪「幻の代表」陸上短距離・豊田敏夫さん、選手にエール (2/4ページ)". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
Categories:
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture
- Japanese male sprinters
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Japanese athletics biography stubs