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Ryota Yamagata

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Ryota Yamagata (山縣 亮太, Yamagata Ryōta, born 10 June 1992) is a Japanese sprinter holding the Japanese record of 9.95 in the 100m. He won the bronze medal in the medley relay at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics. In the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Yamagata was part of the 4 × 100 m relay team for Japan, which took the silver medal in the final. He served as the captain of Japan's team at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryota Yamagata has received more than 100,454 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ryota Yamagata is the 5,023rd most popular athlete (down from 2,774th in 2019), the 3,316th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,428th in 2019) and the 90th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ryota Yamagata ranks 5,023 out of 6,025Before him are Nicole Reinhardt, Lee Chang-hwan, Laura Sánchez, Benjamin Weger, Julian Weber, and Bryan Reynolds. After him are Irakli Turmanidze, Tobi Amusan, Andrew Lewis, Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan, Krystyna Guzik, and Esther Henseleit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Ryota Yamagata ranks 843Before him are Robert Žulj, Nikos Karelis, Sergey Ustiugov, Victor Ciobanu, Nico Müller, and Heather Watson. After him are Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf, Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar, Egor Gerasimov, Georgina Campbell, Takuya Kai, and Vladimir Morozov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryota Yamagata ranks 3,316 out of 6,245Before him are Shoji Nonoshita (1970), Atsushi Ito (1983), Takanori Sugeno (1984), Takuya Iwanami (1994), Kenji Kikawada (1974), and Shiori Tamai (1995). After him are Shinichi Kawaguchi (1977), Honoka Hayashi (1998), Kensaku Omori (1975), Toshihiro Uchida (1972), Kodai Naraoka (2001), and Takayuki Suzuki (1973).

Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Ryota Yamagata ranks 90Before him are Suguru Osako (1991), Masako Chiba (1976), Kiyou Shimizu (1993), Kayoko Fukushi (1982), Ayumu Hirano (1998), and Noriko Mizoguchi (1971). After him are Takuya Kai (1992), Ai Mori (2003), Yukiko Ueno (1982), Joji Kato (1985), Sakura Motoki (2002), and Hiroyuki Tomita (1980).