is a retired male
high jump
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er from
Japan
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. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in July 2006 in
Kobe
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. This was the
Japanese record until February 2019, when
Naoto Tobe broke it by two centimetres.
He is part of the
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.
Personal bests
Achievements
National titles
*
Japanese Championships
**High jump: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
See also
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List of Asian Games medalists in athletics
This is the complete list of Asian Games medalists in Track and field, athletics from 1951 to 2018.
Men
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
5000 m
10,000 m
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 40 ...
References
External links
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Naoyuki Daigoat
JAAF Naoyuki Daigoat
Fujitsu
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Track & Field Team (archived)
Naoyuki Daigoat
TBS (archived)
1981 births
Living people
Athletes from Tokyo
Japanese male high jumpers
Olympic male high jumpers
Olympic athletes of Japan
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
20th-century Japanese people
21st-century Japanese people
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