Shōta Iizuka

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Shōta Iizuka
Personal information
Nationality  Japan
Born (1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 (age 32)
Omaezaki, Shizuoka
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m: 10.28 s (2013)
200 m: 20.21 s (2013)

Shōta Iizuka (飯塚 翔太, born June 25, 1991) is a Japanese sprinter, who specializes in the 200 metres.

He started track and field after winning the local competition of a 100m race when he was in third grade; the club coach scouted him to his track and field club. He attended Fujieda Meisei High School and then Chuo University.

At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Iizuka won the 200m title with a time of 20.67 seconds.[2] This earned him the gold medal, a Japanese male sprinter's first medal in the event.[1][3]

Personal bests

Event Time Wind Venue Date
100 m 10.28 +0.9 m/s Hiroshima 29 April 2013
200 m 20.21 +1.4 m/s Shizuoka 3 May 2013

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