Akira Aizawa
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| Born | 18 July 1997 Sukagawa, Japan[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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| University team | Toyo University | ||||||||||||||
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Akira Aizawa (相澤晃, born 18 July 1997) is a Japanese long-distance runner.[2]
On 4 December 2020, he won the 10,000m race at the Japanese national championships in a time of 27:18:75 at the Nagai Stadium, Osaka. In doing so, he broke the Japanese national record and ran the Olympic qualifying standard time to secure a place at his home 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[3][4]
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 5000 metres – 13:29.47 (Tokyo 2021)
- 10000 metres – 27:18.75 (Osaka 2020)
- Half marathon – 1:01:45 (Tachikawa 2019)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "相沢 晃（あいざわ・あきら） 経済学部・4年". hochi.news (in Japanese). 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Akira AIZAWA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Japanese national 10,000m championship sees 17 men break 28 minutes". Canadian Running Magazine. 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Hard work pays off for Aizawa, makes it to Japan's Olympic team｜Arab News Japan". www.arabnews.jp.
External links
[edit]- Akira Aizawa at World Athletics
- Akira Aizawa at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Akira Aizawa at Olympedia
- Akira Aizawa at Olympics.com
- Akira Aizawa – Tokyo 2020 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
World University Games champions in men's road running | |
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| 1981-1995 Marathon |
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| 1997-present Half marathon |
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