Genki Dean

Roderick Genki Dean
Personal information
Nationality  Japan
Born (1991-12-30) 30 December 1991
Kobe, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Javelin throw
College team Waseda University
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Javelin throw: 84.28 m (Hiroshima 2012)

Roderick Genki Dean (born 30 December 1991) is a Japanese athlete that competes in the javelin throw.[1] He was born to a Japanese mother and a British father from Chester-le-Street, England.

He started throwing the javelin at age 15 in high school and immediately displayed an aptitude for the discipline. He won a silver medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics throwing a new personal best of 76.44 m. He first came to prominence at the 2012 Japan Championships in Athletics, throwing 84.03 m, setting a new championship record, beating veteran Yukifumi Murakami and sealing his place in the Japanese team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Javelin throw.[2] He was selected as the Most Valuable Male Athlete of the Japanese Championships. At the 2012 Olympics he threw 82.07m to qualify from the heats, but could not improve on this and finished 10th in the final with 79.95m.

Seasonal bests by year

  • 2009 - 70.57
  • 2010 - 78.57
  • 2011 - 79.20
  • 2012 - 84.28
  • 2013 - 80.15
  • 2014 - 77.32
  • 2015 - 75.09

References

  1. 1 2 "Roderick Genki Dean: Athlete profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. ↑ McCurry, Justin (24 July 2012). "Bicultural javelin thrower Genki Dean fielding a media frenzy". Japan Today. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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