Yusaku Kodama
Japanese athlete (born 2000)
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Yusaku Kodama (born 16 December 2000) is a Japanese hurdler. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in the 400 metres hurdles, and competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 December 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400m hurdles: 48.77s (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Kodama ran a personal best of 48.77 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles at the Golden Grand Prix in Japan in May 2023.[2] He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, in the 400 metres hurdles.[3][4] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, without advancing to the semi-finals.[5][6]
Kodama finished fourth in the 400 metres hurdles at the Japanese Athletics Championships in June 2024.[7]
Personal life
He attended Nagano High School in Nagano and Hosei University.[8]