Yusuke Suzuki (racewalker), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Japanese racewalker
Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1988
Place of Birth: Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Profession: racewalker
Nationality: Japan
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
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About Yusuke Suzuki (racewalker)
- Yusuke Suzuki (Japanese: ?? ??; born 2 January 1988) is a Japanese racewalker.
- He has represented Japan in the 20 km event twice at the World Championships in Athletics and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- He is the pending world record holder for the 20 km walk with a time of 1:16:36 hours at an event in his home town of Nomi in 2015.Suzuki competed in race walking from a young age and his international debut came at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
- He was the 10,000 metres walk bronze medallist at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
- He began competing in the senior ranks a year later and came sixth in the 20 km walk at the Asian Race Walking Championships and fourth at the 2007 Summer Universiade.
- In the following two years he came tenth and fifth at the Asian Race Walking Championships.
- A personal best time of 1:22:05 hours in 2009 earned him a place at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics but he was among the last walkers to finish in the 20 km race.He won the 2010 Asian title with a new best of 1:20:06 hours, but again did not perform well on the global stage, taking 40th place at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
- He placed fifth at the end of year Asian Games.
- The 2011 World Championships in Athletics saw him establish himself among the world's top walkers, as he placed eighth overall in the 20 km event.
- He pushed out the pace at the beginning of the 2012 London Olympics, but finished back down the order placing 36th.
- The start of the 2013 season saw Suzuki break the Japanese record twice – he won the national title in 1:19:02 hours then took his second Asian title with a finish in 1:18:34 hours in Nomi, Ishikawa.Suzuki was selected to once again to compete for Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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