Daisuke Arakawa

Daisuke Arakawa
Personal information
Born19 September 1981 (1981-09-19) (age 43)
Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan[1]
Alma materDoshisha University
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestLong jump: 8.09 (Kobe 2008)
Medal record
Asian Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Pattaya Long jump
World Masters Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Auckland Long jump (M35)

Daisuke Arakawa (荒川 大輔, Arakawa Daisuke, born 19 September 1981) is Japanese athlete specialising in the long jump.[2] He twice represented his country at World Championships, in 2007 and 2009, failing to reach the final.

His personal bests are 8.09 metres outdoors (2008) and 7.77 metres indoors (2003). He also holds the Japanese masters record (M35) with 7.33 metres outdoors (2017).[3]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Japan
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 15th (q) 7.31 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2003 Universiade Daegu, South Korea 12th 7.58 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 5th 7.77 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2006 Asian Indoor Championships Pattaya, Thailand 2nd 7.75 m
2007 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 9th 7.61 m (wind: +4.3 m/s)
World Championships Osaka, Japan 26th (q) 7.62 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2009 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 41st (q) 7.53 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2017 World Masters Games (M35) Auckland, New Zealand 1st 7.33 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)[4]

National titles

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ^ Daisuke Arakawa at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Japanese Record - Men's" (PDF). Japan Masters Athletics (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Athletics-all-results" (PDF). World Masters Games. Retrieved 16 October 2020.


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