Mahau Suguimati Explained
Mahau Camargo Suguimati (born November 13, 1984, in São Miguel do Araguaia, Goiás) is a Brazilian track hurdler of Japanese ancestry.[1] Since the age of eight, Suguimati had lived and studied for sixteen years in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Suguimati also attended schools around the prefecture, where he discovered his natural ability and talent of running and hurdling, under his personal coach and trainer Atsushi Hishinuma.[2] He made his international debut, and represented his birth nation Brazil at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he finished seventh in the final of the 400 m hurdles, with his personal best time of 49.63 seconds.[3]
Suguimati qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after claiming the gold medal from the Brazil Trophy Box in Sao Paulo, with an A-standard time of 49.15 seconds.[4] He ran in the first heat of the men's 400 m hurdles, against six other athletes, including Bershawn Jackson of the United States, who eventually won the bronze medal in the final. He finished the race in third place by a quarter second margin (0.25) behind Jackson, and twenty-one hundredths of a second behind South Africa's Pieter de Villiers, with a time of 49.45 seconds. Suguimati qualified directly for the next round, as he secured the last mandatory place from the first heat.[5] In the semi-final round, Suguimati, however, felt short in his bid to advance into the final round, when he placed seventh in the second heat, outside his personal best of 50.16 seconds.[6]
At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Suguimati missed out of the medal podium, when he finished fifth in the final of the men's 400 m hurdles, by two hundredths of a second faster from his first personal best, with a time of 49.61 seconds.
Personal bests
- 200 m: 21.62 (wind: +1.3 m/s) –
Maebashi, 27 June 2004
- 400 m: 46.21 – Gifu, 8 October 2012
- 400 m hurdles: 48.67 – Niigata, 3 October 2009
Achievements
| Representing the |
|---|
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 49.63 |
| 2008 | Ibero-American Championships | Iquique, Chile | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 50.07 |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 15th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 50.16 |
| 2009 | South American Championships | Lima, Perú | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 51.50 |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 24th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 51.05 |
| 2010 | Ibero-American Championships | San Fernando, Spain | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 49.87 |
| 2011 | South American Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 51.11 |
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 23rd (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 50.89 |
| Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 49.61 |
| 2013 | South American Championships | Cartagena, Colombia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 49.86 |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 20th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 50.27 |
| 2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 50.47 |
| Ibero-American Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 49.99 |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 22nd (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.77 |
| 2019 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 51.15 |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.13 |
| 2021 | South American Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 51.25 |
| 2022 | Ibero-American Championships | La Nucía, Spain | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 52.90 |
| 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.12 |
| World Championships | Eugene, United States | 33rd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 52.43 | |
External links
Notes and References
- Mahau Suguimati. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/mahau-suguimati-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 11 December 2012.
- News: Mahau Suguimati representa o Brasil nas Olimpíadas de Pequim. Mahau Suguimati represented Brazil at the Beijing Olympics. Portuguese. IPC Digital Brazil. 26 July 2008. 11 December 2012. https://archive.today/20130127204738/http://www.ipcdigital.com/br/Esporte-Total/Esportes-Geral/Mahau-Suguimati-representa-o-Brasil-nas-Olimpiadas-de-Pequim. 27 January 2013. dead.
- News: Biscayart. Eduardo. Cuba's five-gold party – Pan Am Games, Day 5. IAAF. 28 July 2007. 11 December 2012.
- News: Mahau Suguimati garante vaga nos Jogos Olímpicos. Mahau Suguimati guarantees a place in the Olympics. Portuguese. Guiame. 2 July 2008. 11 December 2012.
- Web site: Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 1 . . 11 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821161308/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM044900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .
- Web site: Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinal – Heat 2. NBC Olympics. 11 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821010658/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM044200/index.html. 21 August 2012. dead.
