Daisuke Arakawa

Daisuke Arakawa (荒川 大輔, Arakawa Daisuke, born 19 September 1981) is Japanese athlete specialising in the long jump.[2] He twice represented his country at World Championships, in 2007 and 2009, failing to reach the final.

Daisuke Arakawa

Personal information
Born	19 September 1981 (age 39) Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan[1]
Alma mater	Doshisha University
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Long jump: 8.09 (Kobe 2008)
Medal record Asian Indoor Championships 2006 Pattaya Long jump World Masters Games 2017 Auckland Long jump (M35)

His personal bests are 8.09 metres outdoors (2008) and 7.77 metres indoors (2003). He also holds the Japanese masters record (M35) with 7.33 metres outdoors (2017).[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Japan
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	15th (q)	7.31 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	12th	7.58 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	5th	7.77 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2006	Asian Indoor Championships	Pattaya, Thailand	2nd	7.75 m
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	9th	7.61 m (wind: +4.3 m/s)
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	26th (q)	7.62 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2009	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	41st (q)	7.53 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2017	World Masters Games (M35)	Auckland, New Zealand	1st	7.33 m (wind: +0.0 m/s)[4]

National titles

• Japanese Championships
  • Long jump: 2007, 2009, 2012

References

1. "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
2. Daisuke Arakawa at World Athletics
3. "Japanese Record - Men's" (PDF). Japan Masters Athletics (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
4. "Athletics-all-results" (PDF). World Masters Games. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links

• Daisuke Arakawa at World Athletics
• Daisuke Arakawa at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Daisuke Arakawa at TBS (in Japanese) (archived)
• Daisuke Arakawa on Twitter