Yoshihide Kiryū

Yoshihide Kiryu

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	15 December 1995 Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.01 (Hiroshima 2013) 200 m: 20.41 (Nara 2013)
Medal record Competitor for  Japan World Junior Championships 2014 Oregon 4×100 m relay 2014 Oregon 100 metres

Yoshihide Kiryū (桐生 祥秀 Kiryū Yoshihide, born 15 December 1995) is a Japanese track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters.

Born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Kiryū played soccer while at elementary school and became interested in track and field at junior high school, as his brother took part in the sport.^[2] In 2011 he won the under-16 national title in the 100 m at the National Sports Festival of Japan with a run of 10.58 seconds.^[3]

The following year he ran in the under-18 category at the competition and broke the world youth best for the 100 m by bettering Tamunosiki Atorudibo's record of 10.23 by two hundredths of a second on 5 October 2012. Less than a month later, on 3 November 2012, Kiryu lowered his own record to 10.19 seconds.^[4] His time also eclipsed the Asian junior record.

On 29 April 2013, Kiryū (still a student at Rakunan High School in Tō-ji)^[5] ran at the Oda Memorial meet and tied the World junior record of 10.01, co-held by Darrel Brown and Jeffery Demps. The IAAF subsequently rejected the inclusion of the time as an official record due to the use of unapproved wind-speed measurement equipment on the track.^[6]

References

1. "Yoshihide Kiryu égale le record du monde juniors sur 100m en 10"01". Eurosport.fr (in French). April 29, 2013.
2. 桐生祥秀（京都・洛南）陸上100㍍　驚異の記録続々　練習法は？. Koukoushishinbun. Retrieved on 2013-04-30.
3. Yoshihide Kiryu. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-04-30.
4. Yoshihide Kiryu, le nouvel Usain Bolt? (French)
5. Larner, Brett (2013-04-29). High School Senior Kiryu World-Leading 10.01 to Tie 100 m Jr. WR, All-Time Japanese #2. Japan Running News. Retrieved on 2013-04-30.
6. "IAAF denies Kiryu share of junior world record". Retrieved 29 September 2014.

External links

• Yoshihide Kiryū profile at IAAF