Hisashi Miyazaki (宮崎 久, Miyazaki Hisashi, born 19 March 1981 in Unzen) is a Japanese retired bobsledder and track and field sprinter.[2][3]

Hisashi Miyazaki
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1981-03-19) 19 March 1981 (age 43)
Unzen, Japan
Alma materTokai University Graduate school[1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
SportBobsleigh, Track and field
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.28 (1997, 2002)
200 m: 20.53 (2003)
Medal record
Men's track and field
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan 4×100 m relay
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Santiago 4×100 m relay

Track and field career

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He competed internationally for Japan in the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay, winning a relay bronze at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, taking a 200 m national title at the Japanese Athletics Championships, and was sixth in the relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.

Personal bests

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Event Time (s) Competition Venue Date Notes
100 m 10.28 (wind: +1.5 m/s) Kurume, Japan 29 June 1997
10.28 (wind: +1.9 m/s) Mito International Meet Mito, Japan 6 May 2002
10.19 (wind: +4.5 m/s) Mito International Meet Mito, Japan 6 May 2002 Wind-assisted
200 m 20.53 (wind: +0.6 m/s) National Championships Yokohama, Japan 6 June 2003
4 × 100 m relay 38.57 (relay leg: 1st)[a] National University Championships Tokyo, Japan 29 September 2001 Former NUR[4]

International competition

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing   Japan
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 3rd 4×100 m relay 39.47 (relay leg: 4th) NJR
2002 Asian Games Busan, South Korea 8th (sf) 200 m 21.07 (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2nd 4×100 m relay 38.90 (relay leg: 1st)
2003 World Championships Paris, France 21st (qf) 200 m 20.70 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
6th 4×100 m relay 39.05 (relay leg: 2nd)

National titles

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Bobsleigh career

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Miyazaki competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Japan. He teamed with driver Hiroshi Suzuki in the two-man event, finishing 28th, and with Suzuki, Shintaro Sato and Toshiki Kuroiwa in the four-man event, finishing 26th.[5][6]

Miyazaki made his World Cup debut in December 2013. As of April 2014, his best finish is 19th, in a four-man event in 2013-14 at Lake Placid.[2]

International competition

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Partners Time
Representing   Japan
2013-14 World Cup Lake Placid, United States 23rd Two-man Hiroshi Suzuki 56.83
19th Four-man Hiroshi Suzuki
Shintaro Sato
Toshiki Kuroiwa
1:51.86
(55.87 / 55.99)
2014 Olympic Games Sochi, Russia 26th Two-man Hiroshi Suzuki 2:54.14
(57.91 / 58.21 / 58.02)
24th Four-man Hiroshi Suzuki
Shintaro Sato
Toshiki Kuroiwa
2:49.46
(56.41 / 56.42 / 56.63)

National titles

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b FIBT Profile Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Hisashi Miyazaki at World Athletics  
  4. ^ "Men's 4 × 100 metres relay national university record progression". The Inter-University Athletics Union of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hisashi Miyazaki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Hisashi Miyazaki". Sochi2014.com. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
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