Masaki Nashimoto

Masaki Nashimoto (梨本 真輝, Nashimoto Masaki, born December 12, 1993) is a Japanese sprinter.

Masaki Nashimoto
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born (1993-12-12) 12 December 1993
Chiba Prefecture, Japan[1]
Alma materDaito Bunka University
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)100 m
ClubNTN Track & Field Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)10.38s (Chiba 2011)

Nashimoto competed in the 100 metre sprint at the 2009 Asian Youth Games and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, both held in Singapore, winning gold[2] and silver respectively. In the latter, Nashimoto lost out to Odean Skeen but beat favourite David Bolarinwa to silver in a photo finish.[3]

His personal best in the 100 metres is 10.38 seconds set in 2011.

International competition

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing  Japan and Asia (Youth Olympics medley relay only)
2009 Asian Youth Games Singapore 1st 100 m 10.82 (wind: -1.2 m/s)
(h) 4×200 m relay DQ (relay leg: 1st)
2010 Asian Youth Olympic Trials Singapore 3rd 100 m 10.85 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
Summer Youth Olympics Singapore 2nd 100 m 10.51 (wind: +0.1 m/s) PB
5th Medley relay 1:54.14 (relay leg: 1st)
2012 Asian Junior Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 8th 100 m 12.69 (wind: -2.3 m/s)

References

  1. "Profile". NTN Track & Field Club (in Japanese). Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  2. Shamir Osman (July 4, 2009). "Asian Youth Games: Japan's Masaki gets his gold, and toy". Today. Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  3. "YOG 2010: Bolarinwa settles for 100m bronze in Singapore". More Than The Games. August 21, 2010. Archived from the original on October 24, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2010.


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