is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the
100 and
200 metres
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[Athlete biography: Shinji Takahira]
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Takahira competed in the 200 m at the
2004 Athens Olympics
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and the
2005 World Championships but failed to progress beyond the heats. He took the silver medal at the
2005 Summer Universiade
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. He represented Japan in his home country at the
2007 Osaka World Championships and reached the quarter-finals of the 200 m event.
Takahira represented
Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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in
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. He competed at the
4x100 metres relay together with
Naoki Tsukahara,
and
Nobuharu Asahara
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and
Brazil
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. Their time of 38.52 was the third fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.15 seconds, the third time after the
Jamaica
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n and Trinidad teams, winning the bronze medal.
[ However, in January 2017, Jamaica's medal was revoked due to one of their athletes proven to have been doping; this meant that Japan now moved up to a silver medal. He also took part in the ]200 metres
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individual. In his first round heat he placed fourth in a time of 20.58 seconds, outside of the direct qualifiers. His time was however among the best losing times, securing his second round spot. In the second round he came to a time of 20.63 seconds and was eliminated as he only placed seventh in the heat.[
Takahira made a good start to the 2009 season, finishing second and recording a new 200 m best of 20.31 s at the 2009 ]Osaka Grand Prix
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. He felt spurred on by running against American athlete Rodney Martin and stated that he hoped to make the semis or final of the forthcoming Berlin World Championships. He won the 200 m at the Japanese Championships, breaking his personal best with a run of 20.22 seconds. This was the third-fastest time ever run in Japan, and Takahira said "I was secretly hoping for Suetsugu’s (national) record".Fukushima breaks 200-meter mark
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Achievements
Competition record
Personal bests
References
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1984 births
Living people
People from Asahikawa
Sportspeople from Hokkaido
Japanese male sprinters
Olympic athletes of Japan
Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Universiade gold medalists for Japan
Universiade silver medalists for Japan
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Fujitsu people