IWAMOTO Shohei

Modern Pentathlon

Date of Birth: 23 Aug 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Place of birth: SAITAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Modern Pentathlon	Men's Individual	28

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Individual - Fencing Ranking Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Swimming 200m Freestyle Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Fencing Bonus Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Riding Show Jumping	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Laser Run	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	29

World Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay M	Relay X
2019	Budapest, HUN	75	16	-	-
2016	Moscow, RUS	33	9	-	-
2015	Berlin, GER	77	17	15	17
2014	Warsaw, POL	49	15	-	-
2013	Kaohsiung, TPE	-	16	17	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	Individual
2018	Indonesia	8

Asia/Oceania Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay X
2019	Kunming, CHN	7	4	5

World Cup Final

Year	Location	Individual
2018	Astana, KAZ	30

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2019	Individual	103rd	1 x 68th, 1 x 70th, 1 x 89th
2018	Individual	44th	1 x 6th, 1 x 77th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
6	2018	Individual	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1433
68	2019	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1018
70	2019	Individual	Prague, CZE	1079
77	2018	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1018
89	2019	Individual	Szekesfehervar, HUN	1028

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Languages spoken:

Japan Self-Defence Force [JSDF] Physical Training School [Japan]

Yoshihiro Murakami [club], JPN

He took up the sport at the Japan Self-Defence Force [JSDF] Physical Training School in 2008. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

A coach encouraged him to take up the sport after watching him compete in swimming. He began the fencing discipline of modern pentathlon because he was recruited by the Japan Self-Defence Force [JSDF]. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016; asagumo-news.com, 29 Jun 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 15 Sep 2020)

Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

His family. (tokyo2020.org, 15 Sep 2020)

Philosophy:

The one who enjoys the most in a competition claims a victory." (tokyo2020.org, 15 Sep 2020)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
He considered his retirement from international competition due to the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, but decided to continue his sporting career for his family. "To be honest, I wanted to leave the scene after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, because I felt that four years were such a long time. I was not sure whether I would be able to do it until 2020. However, my coach encouraged me to continue my sporting career, so I just decided to work hard each year. Also, I wanted to compete at the Olympics that would be hosted in my country. Although I also had time to think like what I would train for [after the postponement of the 2020 Olympics], I changed my mind for my growing children and parents who are looking forward to it. It will be my last edition of the Olympic Games, so I want to finish it with a smile." (tokyo2020.org, 15 Sep 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003066276571

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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