Yuto Seko
Japanese high jumper (born 1998)
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Yuto Seko (born 16 March 1998) is a Japanese high jumper. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Born | 16 March 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 2.33 m (2025) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He was a silver medalist at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran, Iran, clearing 2.19 metres to finish runner-up on countback to compatriot Ryoichi Akamatsu.[2][3] He finished in third place at the Golden Grand Prix in May 2024 with a jump of 2.20 metres.[4]
He cleared 2.25 metres to set a new meeting record at the Hyogo Relay Carnival in Kobe in April 2025.[5] In July 2025, he finished fifth at the Japanese Athletics Championships.[6] The following month, he equalled the Japanese outdoor national record and improved his personal best with a jump of 2.33 metres whilst competing at the Athletes Night Games in Fukui, Japan.[7][8][9]
In September, he qualified for the final and placed tenth overall at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[10][11][12]
In February 2026, he won the gold medal in the high jump at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China.[13]