YAMAMOTO Toshiki

Japan
Weightlifting
8 Sep 1991
29
Male
1.71/5'7''
MIKI
 
Japan
YOKOHAMA
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WLF Weightlifting Men's 96kg  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo International Forum
Men's 96kg Group A
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships - Part one
YearLocation85kg - Total85kg - Snatch85kg - C&J89kg - Total89kg - Snatch89kg - C&J
2019Pattaya, THA---5th (368)13th (160)1st (208)
2018Ashgabat, TKM---9th (362)10th (163)8th (199)
2017Anaheim, CA, USA10th (341)14th (148)7th (193)---

World Championships - Part two
YearLocation77kg - Total77kg - Snatch77kg - C&J
2013Wroclaw, POL(---)(---)15th (168)

Asian Games
YearLocation85kg - Total
2018Indonesia4th (346)

Asian Championships - Part one
YearLocation85kg - Total85kg - Snatch85kg - C&J89kg - Total89kg - Snatch89kg - C&J96kg - Total96kg - Snatch96kg - C&J
2020Tashkent, UZB------4th (370)5th (165)3rd (205)
2019Ningbo, CHN---3rd (358)5th (155)3rd (203)---
2017Ashgabat, TKM3rd (351)7th (152)1st (199)------


Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified
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Squat Senpai [senpai translates to 'senior']. (YouTube channel, 17 Apr 2021)
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Athlete, Office Worker
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Physical Education - Nippon Sport Science University, Japan
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Japanese
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ALSOK [Japan]
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Daichi Nagayama [club], JPN; Tetsuo Komiyama [national], JPN
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He competed in powerlifting at the 2016 Japan Classic. (Weight Lift Weights YouTube channel, 14 Sep 2020)
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He was affected by a herniated cervical disc from 2013 until 2020. (Weight Lift Weights YouTube channel, 14 Sep 2020)

In May 2016 he suffered a stress fracture to his right shinbone. He resumed training in September that year. (Weight Lift Weights YouTube channel, 14 Sep 2020; sanspo.com, 02 Oct 2016; Instagram profile, 26 May 2016)

In 2012 he suffered an injury to his right elbow. (Weight Lift Weights YouTube channel, 14 Sep 2020)
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He took up the sport in grade 10 of high school. (Weight Lift Weights YouTube channel, 25 Aug 2020)
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He was a runner at middle school, and competed in the 1500m and 3000m before quitting because he felt he lacked talent. He initially joined a judo team at high school, but then switched to weightlifting following encouragement from a teacher. (Weight Lift Weights YouTube channel, 25 Aug 2020; oniwabann.exblog.jp, 06 Oct 2018)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ktv.jp, 18 Mar 2020)
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Japanese weightlifter Masahiro Kotaka, who was also his coach at high school. (ktv.jp, 18 Mar 2020)
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He was given an Excellence Award by the Japan Weightlifting Association in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. (Twitter profile, 19 Mar 2021)

In 2012 and 2013 he received the Miki City Sports Special Award in Japan. (city.miki.lg.jp, 04 Feb 2014, 2012)

General Interest

General
CHANGE OF CATEGORY
He moved up from the 89kg class to 96kg after winning gold at the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, as the 89kg category was not included on the programme for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I want to prove that Japanese people can compete even in the heavyweight class on the international stage. It's not that you don't aim for gold because it's tough. The tougher it is, the more I want to pull my socks up and keep working." (ktv.jp, 18 Mar 2020)

POWERLIFTING
He competed in powerlifting at the 2016 Japan Classic. "In 2015 I was not called up to the national team so I couldn't secure a spot for the 2016 Olympic Games. Therefore I decided to rebuild my body from point zero while training alone. That's how I began focusing on weight training. I increased my followers on social media as I posted clips of my workouts, and the powerlifting scene also reached out to me." (Weight Lift Weights YouTube channel, 14 Sep 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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