IIZUKA Shota

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200m	4 x 100m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (20.49)	2nd (37.60)
2012	London, GBR	1R (20.81)	4th (38.35)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	200m	4 x 100m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	-	Heats (3:02.05)
2017	London, GBR	SF (20.62)	3rd (38.04)	-
2013	Moscow, RUS	SF (20.61)	6th (38.39)	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	200m	4 x 400m
2018	Indonesia	6th (20.68)	3rd (3:01.94)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Tokyo, JPN	20.48
1	2020	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Tokyo, JPN	20.74

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2017	200m	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	20.69
5	2017	200m	World Challenge	Kawasaki, JPN	21.10
6	2019	200m	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	20.76
8	2018	200m	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	20.75

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

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Athlete, Office Worker

Law - Chuo University , Tokyo, JPN

English, Japanese

Mizuno [Japan]

Yasuhiro Toyoda [personal], JPN

2011 for Japan (jaaf.or.jp, 23 May 2014)

In March 2018 he injured his right iliopsoas [hip] muscle while training in the United States of America. (nikkansports.com, 31 Mar 2018)

He injured his right thigh in the 200m final at the 2015 Japan Championships in Niigata. The injury forced him to withdraw from the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China, two months later. (nikkei.com, 23 May 2015)

He took up athletics in grade three of primary school. (pref.shizuoka.jp, Dec 2012)

He was encouraged by the physical education teacher at his school. (mizuno.jp, 21 Apr 2014)

To reach the final of the 200m event and win gold in the 4x100m relay event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ntv.co.jp, 09 Aug 2020; neo-healer.jp, 14 Dec 2020)

He was presented with an Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2012 and 2017 Japan Association of Athletics Federations [JAAF] Athletic Awards. (jaaf.or.jp, 13 Dec 2013, 22 Dec 2017)

He received a Sports Award at the 2010 and 2017 Kozuki Sports Awards in Japan. (kozuki.or.jp, 14 Sep 2010, 2017)

In 2012 he was presented with the Governor Special Citation Award in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. (pref.shizuoka.jp, Dec 2012)

He received the Rookie of the Year award at the 2010 Japanese Olympic Committee [JOC] Sports Awards. (sponichi.co.jp, 26 Apr 2011)