| Wataru Yazawa | |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | 110 metres hurdles |
| Club: | Descente Track Club |
| Universityteam: | Hosei University |
| Birth Place: | Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Height: | 1.78m (05.84feet) |
| Weight: | 62kg (137lb) |
| Pb: | 60 m hurdles: 7.86 (Osaka 2015) 110 m hurdles: 13.47 (Tottori 2016) |
is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the Bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Pune at the 110 m hurdles.[1] His personal best is 13.47 seconds, set in Tottori on 5 June 2016.
| Event | Time | Wind | Venue | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 m hurdles (Indoor) | 7.86 s | Osaka, Japan | 7 February 2015 | |||
| 110 m hurdles | 13.47 s | +1.4 m/s | Tottori, Japan | 5 June 2016 | Japan's 5th-fastest time |
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | (sf) | 110 m hurdles (99.1 cm) | 13.67 (wind: -1.0 m/s) |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 110 m hurdles (99.1 cm) | 13.88 (wind: -2.4 m/s) | |
| 2011 | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.21 (wind: -2.1 m/s) |
| Universiade | Shenzhen, China | (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.97 (wind: +0.2 m/s) | |
| 2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 110 m hurdles | 13.88 (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
| East Asian Games | Tianjin, China | 110 m hurdles | 13.73 (wind: -0.2 m/s) | ||
| 2014 | DécaNation | Paris, France | 110 m hurdles | 13.74 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 2016 | Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.88 (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
| DécaNation | Marseille, France | 110 m hurdles | 13.74 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | ||
| 2017 | Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 110 m hurdles | 14.07 (wind: -0.6 m/s) | |
| 2010 | Japan Championships | Yokohama, Kanagawa | (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | (relay leg: 4th)[2] |
| 2011 | Japan Championships | Kumagaya, Saitama | 110 m hurdles | 13.86 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
| Yokohama, Kanagawa | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.89 (relay leg: 1st) | |||
| 2012 | Japan Championships | Osaka, Osaka | (f) | 110 m hurdles | [3] |
| 2013 | Japan Championships | Chōfu, Tokyo | 110 m hurdles | 13.59 (wind: +1.3 m/s) PB | |
| 2014 | Japan Championships | Fukushima, Fukushima | 110 m hurdles | 13.59 (wind: +0.4 m/s) =PB | |
| 2015 | Japan Championships | Niigata, Niigata | (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.02 (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
| 2016 | Japan Championships | Nagoya, Aichi | 110 m hurdles | 13.48 (wind: +2.4 m/s) | |
| 2017 | Japan Championships | Osaka, Osaka | 110 m hurdles | 13.61 (wind: -0.2 m/s) | |