Yoshihide Kiryū

Yoshihide Kiryu

Kiryu at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1995-12-15) 15 December 1995 (age 28) Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Athletics
Event	100 metres
University team	Toyo University
Team	Nippon Life
Coached by	Hiroyasu Tsuchie
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.98 (2017) 200 m: 20.41 (2013) 60 m: 6.53 (2024)NR
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay World Championships 2017 London 4×100 m relay 2019 Doha 4×100 m relay World Relays 2015 Nassau 4×100 m relay Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m relay Asian Championships 2019 Doha 100 metres World Junior Championships 2014 Eugene 4×100 m relay 2014 Eugene 100 metres

Yoshihide Kiryū (桐生 祥秀, Kiryū Yoshihide, born 15 December 1995) is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.

Born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Kiryū played football while at elementary school and became interested in track and field at junior high school, as his brother took part in the sport.^[2] In 2011, he won the under-16 national title in the 100 metres at the National Sports Festival of Japan, with a time of 10.58 seconds.^[3]

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.^[4]

On 29 April 2013, Kiryū (still a student at Rakunan High School in Tō-ji)^[5] ran at the Oda Memorial meet and tied the World junior record of 10.01 seconds co-held by Darrel Brown 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.^[6]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kiryū won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay.^[7]

References

1. "Yoshihide Kiryu égale le record du monde juniors sur 100m en 10"01". Eurosport.fr (in French). 29 April 2013.
2. 桐生祥秀（京都・洛南）陸上100㍍　驚異の記録続々　練習法は？. Koukoushishinbun. Retrieved on 30 April 2013.
3. Yoshihide Kiryu. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 30 April 2013.
4. Yoshihide Kiryu, le nouvel Usain Bolt? (in French)
5. Larner, Brett (29 April 2013). High School Senior Kiryu World-Leading 10.01 to Tie 100 m Jr. WR, All-Time Japanese #2. Japan Running News. Retrieved on 2013-04-30.
6. "IAAF denies Kiryu share of junior world record". Japan Times. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
7. Mckirdy, Andrew (20 August 2016). "Bolt completes triple-triple with Jamaica's gold in 4×100 relay; Japan makes history by taking silver". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

External links

• Yoshihide Kiryū at World Athletics
• Yoshihide Kiryū at Diamond League
• Yoshihide Kiryū at the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (in Japanese)
• Yoshihide Kiryū at Olympics.com
• Yoshihide Kiryū at Olympedia
• Yoshihide Kiryū at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Media related to Yoshihide Kiryū at Wikimedia Commons

Records
Preceded by Tamunosiki Atorudibo	Boys' World Youth Best Holder, 100 metres 5 October 2012 – 31 March 2017	Succeeded by Anthony Schwartz