Eiki Takahashi

Eiki Takahashi
Personal information
Born (1992-11-19) 19 November 1992
Sport
Country  Japan
Sport Track and field
Event(s) racewalking
Updated on 29 August 2015.

Eiki Takahashi (高橋 英輝, Takahashi Eiki, born 19 November 1992) is a male Japanese racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[1] On December 13, 2015, he set the Asian record for the 10,000m race walk on a track.[2] In 2016, he was the #1 ranked walker in the world for 20 km.[3] As a result of his fast time in February, he was considered Japan's next great walking hope, replacing teammate world record holder Yusuke Suzuki.[4] He walked in the 2016 Olympics where he walked with the lead (chase) pack until almost 14 km when eventual winner Cai Zelin broke the race open.[5] Takahashi eventually finished 42nd.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 20 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.marciadalmondo.com/eng/dettagli_news.aspx?id=2295
  3. ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/race-walks/20-kilometres-race-walk/outdoor/men/senior/2016
  4. ↑ http://www.japanbullet.com/sport/eiki-takahashi-walks-the-walk-to-rio
  5. ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/results/olympic-games/2016/the-xxxi-olympic-games-5771/men/20-kilometres-race-walk/final/split
  6. ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/results/olympic-games/2016/the-xxxi-olympic-games-5771/men/20-kilometres-race-walk/final/result#resultheader

Eiki Takahashi at IAAF


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