Rachid Muratake
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| Born | 6 February 2002 Matsudo, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Juntendo University | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 110 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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Rachid Muratake (村竹ラシッド, Muratake Rashiddo; born 6 February 2002) is a Japanese track and field athlete specializing in the high hurdles.[1] Born in Matsudo to a Togolese father and a Japanese mother, he studies at Juntendo University.[2]
His personal best in the 110 metres hurdles is 13.04 (-0.9 m/s) set in Kumagaya in 2023, which equaled the Japanese record and met the 2024 Olympic standard of 13.27.[3] In March 2023, he also set the meet record for the event at the Sydney Track Classic in 13.25 (+0.3 m/s).[4] He placed 5th at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he ran a time of 13.21.[5] When he made his entrance, he performed an iconic pose from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which became a hot topic in Japan.[6] At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, he again placed 5th, with a time of 13.18.[7]
