Shinji Aoto
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Born | (1967-05-07) 7 May 1967 (age 57) Wakayama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Chukyo University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 60 m, 100 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 60 m: 6.76 (1989) 100 m: 10.28 (1988, 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shinji Aoto (青戸 慎司, Aoto Shinji, born 7 May 1967 in Wakayama) is a retired Japanese sprinter turned bobsledder who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics. He is the first and only Japanese male athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games (As of 2020).[2][3] During his athletics career he also competed at two World Indoor Championships, in 1989 and 1993. He was the former national record holder in the 100 metres and the first Japanese to run under 10.3 seconds.[2] He is currently the deputy director of track and field club at Chukyo University.[4]
Athletics career
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Japan | |||||
1986 | Asian Junior Championships | Jakarta, Indonesia | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.46 |
1987 | Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.57 |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 8th (sf) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.90 |
1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 16th (h) | 60 m | 6.76 |
Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | (sf) | 100 m | 10.71 | |
— (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
1990 | Asian Games | Seoul, South Korea | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.61 |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 23rd (qf) | 100 m | 10.53 |
6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.77 | |||
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 28th (h) | 60 m | 6.87 |
National titles
- Japanese Championships
- 100 metres: 1989
- 4 × 100 metres relay: 1987
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.28 (+1.4 m/s, Tokyo 1988): Former national record
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.76 (Budapest 1989)
Bobsleigh career
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Partners | Time | Run 1 |
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Run 2 | |||||||
Run 3 | |||||||
Representing Japan | |||||||
1998 | Olympic Games | Nagano, Japan | 16th | Four-man | Toshio Wakita Yasuo Nakamura Toshiya Onoda | 2:41.97 | 54.03 |
53.66 | |||||||
54.28 |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shinji Aoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Special feature Japanese sprinter". Jiji Press (in Japanese). 29 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "報道発表資料 中京大学陸上競技部監督 青戸慎司氏による小学校での走り方教室を開催します". Toyota City Official Website (in Japanese). 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Coach introduction". Chukyo University Track and Field Club (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2020.
External links
- Shinji Aoto at World Athletics
- Shinji Aoto at Olympedia
- Shinji Aoto at Olympics.com
- All-Athletics profile (archived)
- Rights Company profile (in Japanese)
- Shinji Aoto at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (English translation)
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- 1913–14 Kazue Akashi
- 1915 Yuzo Saito
- 1916 Shinpei Higashiguchi
- 1197 Sasago Tani
- 1918 Tsunemasa Matsuda
- 1919 Munetoshi Date
- 1920 Kunio Hiraoka
- 1921 Masayuki Takagi
- 1922–23 Sasago Tani
- 1924: Not held
- 1925 Sasago Tani
- 1926 Sadao Tajima
- 1927 Takeuchi Heizo
- 1928 Iwao Aizawa
- 1929 Sakae Yano
- 1930 Chūhei Nambu
- 1931–32 Takayoshi Yoshioka
- 1933 Chūhei Nambu
- 1934 Mutsuo Taniguchi
- 1935 Takayoshi Yoshioka
- 1936 Kanayuzawa
- 1937 Masao Yazawa
- 1938–40 Takayoshi Yoshioka
- 1941: Not held
- 1942 Toshihiro Osada
- 1943–45: Not held
- 1946 Nitawaki Isao
- 1947 Ichita Ikoma
- 1948 Nitawaki Isao
- 1949 Ichita Ikoma
- 1950 Tomio Hosoda
- 1951 Toshihiro Ohashi
- 1952 Herb McKenley (JAM)
- 1953 Ken Nakajima
- 1954–55 Kiyofuji Akira
- 1956–58 Kyohei Ushio
- 1959 Takeo Tamura
- 1960 Yojiro Muro
- 1961 Takeo Tamura
- 1962 Sergio Ottolina (ITA)
- 1963 Enrique Figuerola (CUB)
- 1964 Masaru Kamata
- 1965 Naoki Abe
- 1966 Toru Honda
- 1967 Junji Ishikawa
- 1968–71 Masahide Jinno
- 1972 Takao Ishizawa
- 1973–75 Masahide Jinno
- 1976 Tasaki Hiromichi
- 1977 Toshio Toyota
- 1978 Akira Harada
- 1979 Toshio Toyota
- 1980 Yasuhiro Harada
- 1981–82 Yoshihiro Shimizu
- 1983 Hirofumi Miyazaki
- 1984 Kaoru Matsubara
- 1985–86 Hirofumi Miyazaki
- 1987 Kaoru Matsubara
- 1988 Takahiko Kasahara
- 1989 Shinji Aoto
- 1990 Robson da Silva (BRA)
- 1991 Bruny Surin (CAN)
- 1992 Hisatsugu Suzuki
- 1993–94 Satoru Inoue
- 1995 Yoshitaka Ito
- 1996–97 Nobuharu Asahara
- 1998 Koji Ito
- 1999 Hiroyasu Tsuchie
- 2000–02 Nobuharu Asahara
- 2003–04 Shingo Suetsugu
- 2005 Shinya Saburi
- 2006–08 Naoki Tsukahara
- 2009–12 Masashi Eriguchi
- 2013 Ryota Yamagata
- 2014 Yoshihide Kiryū
- 2015 Kei Takase
- 2016 Asuka Cambridge
- 2017 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
- 2018 Ryota Yamagata
- 2019 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
- 2020 Yoshihide Kiryū
- 2021 Shuhei Tada
- 2022 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
- 2023 Ryuichiro Sakai
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