Yoshitaka Ito Explained

Yoshitaka Ito
Birth Date:	23 June 1970
Birth Place:	Japan
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	100 metres

is a retired Japanese athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented his country at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games in the 4 × 100 m relay, while his best individual success was winning bronze at the 1995 Asian Athletics Championships in the 100 m.

Competition record

Representing
1994	Asian Games	Hiroshima, Japan	bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.37
			–	200 metres	20.70
1995		Jakarta, Indonesia	3rd	100 m	10.45
	Japanese Championships	Tokyo, Japan	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	10.22^[1]
	Japanese National Games	Fukushima, Japan	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	10.55^[2]
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	34th (sf)	100 m	10.48
			5th	4×100 m relay	39.33
	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	15th (sf)	60 m	6.69

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.22 (+0.6 m/s, Tokyo 1995)
• 200 metres – 20.70 (+1.7 m/s, Hiroshima 1994)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.69 (Barcelona 1995)

External links

• • Yoshitaka Ito at All-Athletics.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Japanese Championships. GBR Athletics. 17 March 2016.
2. Web site: Japanese National Games. GBR Athletics. 17 March 2016.