Shigeki Toyoshima

Shigeki Toyoshima

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	5 March 1971 (1971-03-05) (age 53)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Track and field
Event	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best	2.27  m (1995)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Japan Asian Championships 1991 Kuala Lumpur High jump

Shigeki Toyoshima (born March 5, 1971) is a Japanese former high jumper. He was a bronze medallist in his event at the 1998 Asian Games, sharing the position with Malaysia's Loo Kum Zee with a jump of 2.19 m.^[1] He cleared the same height at the 1991 Asian Athletics Championships to take the silver medal.^[2] He twice competed at the IAAF World Indoor Championships (1997 and 1999).^[3]

At national level, he won once at the Japan Championships in Athletics, taking the title with a jump of 2.24 m in 1998.^[4] He also won at the National Sports Festival of Japan in 1994 with that same height.^[5]

International competitions

Representing  Japan

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1991	Asian Championships	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd	High jump	2.19 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	28th (q)	High jump	2.15 m
1998	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	3rd	High jump	2.19 m
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	—	High jump	NM

National titles

• Japan Championships in Athletics
  • High jump: 1998
• National Sports Festival of Japan
  • High jump: 1994

See also

• List of high jump national champions (men)
• List of Asian Games medalists in athletics

References

1. Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
2. Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
3. Shigeki Toyoshima. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
4. Japanese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
5. Japanese National Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-13.

• Shigeki Toyoshima at World Athletics