is a Japanese sprinter.Athlete biography: Shingo Suetsugu
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 29, 2008. He is a former Asian record holder in the

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and 4×100 metres relay. He is

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. Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese national championships, and also won the

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in 10.13 seconds.Akihiro Onishi and Tatsuo Terada (2003-06-09)
New Asian 200m record for Suetsugu at Japanese national championships

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. Retrieved 2019-10-08. Participating in the

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, he reached the second round in the

. Suetsugu represented

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. He competed at the 4×100 metres relay together with Naoki Tsukahara,

Shinji Takahira is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.

and

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, but in front of the

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and

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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 fastest after the

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n and Trinidad teams, winning the bronze medal. The medal was upgraded to a silver after the Jamaicans were DQ'ed due to Nesta Carter's positive doping sample. He also took part in the 200 metres individual, finishing sixth in his first round heat, with a time of 20.93 seconds, which was not enough to qualify for the second round.

Personal bests

Records

*100 metres **Former Japanese university record holder - 10.05 s (wind: +1.9 m/s) (

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, 6 May 2002) *200 metres **Former Asian record holder - 20.03 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) (

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, 7 June 2003) **Current Japanese record holder - 20.03 s (wind: +0.6 m/s) (

, 7 June 2003) **Former Japanese university record holder - 20.26 s (wind: -0.9 m/s) (

, 9 September 2000) *4 × 100 m relay **Former Asian record holder - 38.03 s (relay leg: 2nd) (

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, 1 September 2007) **Former Japanese university record holder - 38.57 s (relay leg: 2nd) (

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, 29 September 2001) *Medley relay (100m×200m×300m×400m) **Former Japanese university record holder - 1:50.21 s (relay leg: 2nd) (

, 15 September 2001) : with Naoki Tsukahara,

Shinji Takahira is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.

, and

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6 times: *2 wins in the

(2003, 2004) *4 wins in the

(2001, 2003, 2006, 2007)

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Shingo Suetsugu
at JAAF {{DEFAULTSORT:Suetsugu, Shingo 1980 births Living people People from Kumamoto Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture Japanese male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes of Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan World Athletics Championships medalists Japan Championships in Athletics winners Tokai University alumni