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Yuta Shitara
	Shitara at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	18 December 1991 (age 33)
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	5000 metres, 10,000 metres, Marathon

Yuta Shitara (設楽悠太, Shitara Yūta, born 18 December 1991) is a Japanese long-distance runner.^[2] He competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing 23rd.

Yuta Shitara competed in the 2018 edition of the Tokyo Marathon, where he, after falling off the lead pack at 32 km to seventh place, regrouped and advanced position to take second overall, at 2:06:11, which was a new Japanese National Record at the time. In doing so, he also won a prize of 100 million yen (roughly $936,000) that was offered to any Japanese man who could run a new national record.^[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	20th	Half marathon	1:08:25
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	23rd	10,000 m	30:08.35
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	29th	10,000 m	28:55.23

Personal bests

Outdoor

5000 metres – 13:34.68 (Hiroshima 2015)
10,000 metres – 27:41.97 (Tokyo 2017)
20 kilometres – 58:33 (New York 2012)
Half marathon – 1:00:17 (Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon 2017)
Marathon – 2:06:11 (Tokyo 2018)^[4]

References

^ "Yuta Shitara". Japan Association of Athletics Federations Profile. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^ "Yuta Shitara". IAAF. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ "Shitara sets Japanese record in marathon, best in 16 years". The Asahi Shimbun. 25 February 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ Digmasbord, Digmasbord (25 February 2018). "Marathon de Tokyo 2018". digitrail.fr. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

External links

Yuta Shitara at World Athletics
Yuta Shitara at JAAF (in Japanese)
Yuta Shitara at Olympedia (archive)
Yuta Shitara at Olympics.com
Yuta Shitara – Rio 2016 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)

[1] "Yuta Shitara". Japan Association of Athletics Federations Profile. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

[2] "Yuta Shitara". IAAF. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[3] "Shitara sets Japanese record in marathon, best in 16 years". The Asahi Shimbun. 25 February 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[4] Digmasbord, Digmasbord (25 February 2018). "Marathon de Tokyo 2018". digitrail.fr. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

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