Shinji Takahira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Shinji Takahira

Japanese sprinter

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1984

Place of Birth: Asahikawa, HokkaidĹŤ Prefecture, Japan

Profession: sprinter

Nationality: Japan, Bahamas

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Shinji Takahira

  • Shinji Takahira (?? ??, Takahira Shinji, born 18 July 1984 in Asahikawa) is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.Takahira competed in the 200 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress beyond the heats.
  • He took the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade.
  • He represented Japan in his home country at the 2007 Osaka World Championships and reached the quarter-finals of the 200 m event.Takahira represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
  • He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu and Nobuharu Asahara.
  • In their qualification heat they placed second in behind Trinidad and Tobago, but in front of the Netherlands and Brazil.
  • Their time of 38.52 was the third fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final.
  • There they sprinted to a time of 38.15 seconds, the third time after the Jamaican and Trinidad teams, winning the bronze medal.
  • However, in January 2017, Jamaica's medal was revoked due to one of their athletes proven to have been doping; this meant that Japan now moved up to a silver medal.
  • He also took part in the 200 metres individual.
  • In his first round heat he placed fourth in a time of 20.58 seconds, outside of the direct qualifiers.
  • His time was however among the best losing times, securing his second round spot.
  • In the second round he came to a time of 20.63 seconds and was eliminated as he only placed seventh in the heat.Takahira made a good start to the 2009 season, finishing second and recording a new 200 m best of 20.31 s at the 2009 Osaka Grand Prix.
  • He felt spurred on by running against American athlete Rodney Martin and stated that he hoped to make the semis or final of the forthcoming Berlin World Championships.
  • He won the 200 m at the Japanese Championships, breaking his personal best with a run of 20.22 seconds.
  • This was the third-fastest time ever run in Japan, and Takahira said "I was secretly hoping for Suetsugu’s (national) record".

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