is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the

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. Born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Kiryū played football while at elementary school and became interested in

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at junior high school, as his brother took part in the sport. In 2011, he won the under-16 national title in the 100 metres at the

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, with a time of 10.58 seconds. The following year, Kiryū ran in the under-18 category at the same competition and broke the world youth best for the 100 metres by bettering Tamunosiki Atorudibo's record of 10.23 seconds by two hundredths of a second on 5 October 2012. Less than a month later, on 3 November 2012, Kiryū lowered his own record to 10.19 seconds. On 29 April 2013, Kiryū (still a student at Rakunan High School in

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) ran at the Oda Memorial meet and tied the World junior record of 10.01 seconds co-held by

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and Jeffery Demps. The IAAF subsequently rejected the inclusion of the time as an official record due to the use of unapproved wind-speed measurement equipment on the track. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kiryū won a silver medal in the

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Yoshihide Kiryū
at JAAF * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiryu, Yoshihide 1995 births Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Japan Championships in Athletics winners Japanese male sprinters living people medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic athletes of Japan Olympic male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) sportspeople from Shiga Prefecture World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan World Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people