Akira Aizawa

Japanese athlete (born 1997)

  • 5000 metres
  • 10000 metres
  • Half marathon
University teamToyo University
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Napoles Half marathon

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

Outdoor

  • 5000 metres – 13:29.47 (Tokyo 2021)
  • 10000 metres – 27:18.75 (Osaka 2020)
  • Half marathon – 1:01:45 (Tachikawa 2019)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Akira AIZAWA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  3. ^ "Japanese national 10,000m championship sees 17 men break 28 minutes". Canadian Running Magazine. 4 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Hard work pays off for Aizawa, makes it to Japan's Olympic team|Arab News Japan". www.arabnews.jp.
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1981-1995
Marathon
  • 1981: Ivan Kovalchuk (URS)
  • 1983: Alessio Faustini (ITA)
  • 1985: Orlando Pizzolato (ITA)
  • 1987: Takahiro Izumi (JPN)
  • 1989: Tibor Baier (HUN)
  • 1991: Wang Yung-Jo (KOR)
  • 1993: Kennedy Manyisa (KEN)
  • 1995: Takaki Morikawa (JPN)
1997-present
Half marathon
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