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Japanese sprinter
Koki Ueyama
(
上山 紘輝
,
Ueyama Koki
, born 15 May 1999)
is a Japanese
sprinter
.
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Career
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He qualified to participate at the
2018 IAAF World U20 Championships
and competed in the
men's 200m
and in the
men's 4 × 100 metres relay
events.
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During the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, he finished the heat event of the 200m race with a timing of 21.04 seconds, which propelled him to compete in the semi-finals of the 200m race.
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He represented
Japan at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
and competed in the men's 200m and
men's 4 × 100 metres relay events
. He reached the semi-finals of the
men's 200m event
during the
2022 World Athletics Championships
after an impressive finish in the heat event with a timing of 20.26 seconds.
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In June 2022, he secured a gold medal in the men's 200m event at the
106th edition
of the
Japan Championships in Athletics
.
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Koki Ueyama represented Japan at the
2023 Asian Athletics Championships
and claimed a bronze medal in the
men's 200m event
.
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He also represented
Japan at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
and competed in the
men's 200m event
.
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He represented
Japan at the 2022 Asian Games
and took part in the
men's 200m event
. He clinched a gold medal in the final of the men's 200m race, which turned out to be a close-fought contest as he edged past Saudi Arabia's
Abdullah Abkar Mohammed
by the barest of margins with only a difference of 0.03 seconds.
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He also secured Japan's first track and field gold medal during the course of the
2022 Asian Games
. Initially, Qatari track and field athlete
Femi Ogunode
took the lead for the front half of the race, and Koki Ueyama then managed to claim the lead in the 200m final, and Koki eventually won the race with a timing of 20.60 seconds.
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He was also one of the members of the Japanese team which secured bronze in the
men's 4 × 100 metres relay
final during the 2022 Asian Games.
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