*anese sprinter

Shingo Suetsugu (末續 慎吾, Suetsugu Shingo, born June 2, 1980 in *amoto) is a *anese sprinter. He is a former Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.

He is Matsuzaka Generation.

Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38:seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03:seconds at the *anese national championships, and also won the 100 metres in 10.13:seconds. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he reached the second round in the 100 metres.

Suetsugu represented *an at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4×100 metres relay together with Naoki Tsukahara, Shinji Takahira and Nobuharu Asahara. In their qualification heat they placed second behind Trinidad and Tobago, but in front of the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.52 was the third fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round, and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.15 seconds, the third fastest after the Jamaican and Trinidad teams, winning the bronze medal. The medal was upgraded to a silver after the Jamaicans were DQ'ed due to Nesta Carter's positive doping sample. He also took part in the 200 metres individual, finishing sixth in his first round heat, with a time of 20.93:seconds, which was not enough to qualify for the second round.

Contents

• 1 Personal bests
• 2 Records
• 3 International compe*ion record
• 4 National championships
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Personal bests

Records

• 100 metres
  • Former *anese university record holder - 10.05:s (wind: +1.9:m/s) (Mito, 6 May 2002)
• 200 metres
  • Former Asian record holder - 20.03:s (wind: +0.6:m/s) (Yokohama, 7 June 2003)
  • Current *anese record holder - 20.03:s (wind: +0.6:m/s) (Yokohama, 7 June 2003)
  • Former *anese university record holder - 20.26:s (wind: -0.9:m/s) (Yokohama, 9 September 2000)
• 4 × 100 m relay
  • Former Asian record holder - 38.03:s (relay leg: 2nd) (Osaka, 1 September 2007)
  • Former *anese university record holder - 38.57:s (relay leg: 2nd) (Tokyo, 29 September 2001)
• Medley relay (100m×200m×300m×400m)
  • Former *anese university record holder - 1:50.21:s (relay leg: 2nd) (Yokohama, 15 September 2001)

a with Naoki Tsukahara, Shinji Takahira, and Nobuharu Asaharab with Hisashi Miyazaki, Toshiyuki Fujimoto, and Masayuki Okusako

International compe*ion record

National championships

He has won the individual national championship 6 times:

• 2 wins in the 100 metres (2003, 2004)
• 4 wins in the 200 metres (2001, 2003, 2006, 2007)

References

External links

• Shingo Suetsugu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Shingo Suetsugu at JAAF (in *anese)