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Shōta Iizuka

1991 - Today

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Shōta Iizuka (飯塚 翔太, Iizuka Shōta, born 25 June 1991) is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Iizuka started to compete in track and field after winning a local 100 metre competition when he was in third grade; the coach of a local club scouted his performance in this race and brought him to join his track and field club. He attended Fujieda Meisei High School and then Chuo University, where he studied law.At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Iizuka won the 200 metres title with a time of 20.67 seconds, making him the first Japanese male sprinter to win a medal in the event.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Iizuka won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shōta Iizuka has received more than 34,853 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Shōta Iizuka is the 4,182nd most popular athlete (down from 2,822nd in 2019), the 4,210th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,839th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Shōta Iizuka ranks 4,182 out of 3,059Before him are Kim Jang-mi, Keshorn Walcott, Andreas Kramer, Mark Lewis-Francis, Muktar Edris, and Rai Benjamin. After him are Sukanya Srisurat, Mariela Scarone, Chelsea Johnson, Benjamin Weß, Kristóf Rasovszky, and Rudolf Dombi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Shōta Iizuka ranks 999Before him are Abby Stein, Ryo Takeuchi, Calle Järnkrok, Joe McElderry, Ryo Nagai, and Nikola Ašćerić. After him are Stefan Marinovic, Shanley Caswell, Manoel Afonso Júnior, Ray McCallum Jr., Kaori Kawanaka, and Rich Swann.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shōta Iizuka ranks 4,210 out of 6,048Before him are Atsuo Watanabe (1974), Taiyo Koga (1998), Daisuke Matsushita (1981), Goson Sakai (1996), Kiyofumi Nagai (1983), and Kenjiro Ezoe (1982). After him are Toru Hasegawa (1988), Kenta Chida (1985), Tatsumi Iida (1985), Reiichi Ikegami (1983), Yuki Okada (1983), and Ayumi Oya (1994).

Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Shōta Iizuka ranks 60Before him are Taku Hiraoka (1995), Yoshihide Kiryū (1995), Naoki Tsukahara (1985), Yoshimi Ozaki (1981), Daichi Hara (1997), and Mikiko Ando (1992). After him are Sky Brown (2008), Ami Kondo (1995), Toshikazu Yamanishi (1996), Hirooki Arai (1988), and Miki Kanie (1988).

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