Yoshihiro Chiba

Yoshihiro Chiba
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born29 April 1979 (1979-04-29) (age 45)
Saitama Prefecture, Japan[1]
Alma materJuntendo University[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportTrack and field
Event400 metres hurdles
Retired2008[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests300 m hurdles: 35.54 AB (2003)
400 m hurdles: 48.65 (2001)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Colombo 4×400 m relay

Yoshihiro Chiba (千葉 佳裕, Chiba Yoshiro, born 29 April 1979 in Saitama Prefecture) is a retired Japanese hurdler who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. He is the Asian best performer in the rarely-contested 300 metres hurdles.[3]

He is currently the director of track and field club at Josai University.[4] He married Japanese hurdler Satomi Kubokura in April 2013.[5]

Personal bests

Event Time (s) Competition Venue Date Notes
300 m hurdles 35.54 Shiroyama Athletics Stadium Opening Memorial Nanao, Japan 27 July 2003 Current AB[3]
400 m hurdles 48.65 Kanto Region University Championships Yokohama, Japan 15 May 2001

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
Representing  Japan
2000 Asian Championships Jakarta, Indonesia 5th 400 m hurdles 50.96
2001 Universiade Beijing, China 10th (sf) 400 m hurdles 50.00
2002 Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 4th 400 m hurdles 50.24
3rd 4×400 m relay 3:07.09 (relay leg: 3rd)
2003 Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 8th 400 m hurdles 53.22

References

  1. ^ a b c "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. ^ "July 2014 issue" (PDF). Josai University Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "ASIAN Continental Records (as at 31 Dec 2019)" (PDF). Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Josai University Track and Field Club". Josai University (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. ^ "連続五輪のハードラー久保倉里美が結婚". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2020.


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